Ceberio / Zeberio
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02263CEB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santo Tomás de Olabarrieta
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Thomas
Church Notes: church originally ca. 1190 but much modified in the 16th. 17th and 19thC
Church Address: Lugar, 48499 Elizondo, Biscay, Spain -- Tel.: +34 946 48 05 84
Site Location: Vizcaya / Bizkaia, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Font Notes:
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The basin tapers off dramatically from the wide rope-motif ornamented rim; wide scotia below it and then four thick vertical convex ribs running down. The hexagonal base has an encircled clover and a star (Lopez Domech, 1985, p. 53; cites Ybarra as source)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- López Domech, Ramón, Románico de Vizcaya, Bilbao: Caja de Ahorros Vizcaína, 1985, p. 53