Fruniz / Fruiz / Frúniz

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B01: symbol - acanthus

Scene Description: a recycled capital which was used as a holy water stoup, adorned with acanthus leaves.

INFORMATION

FontID: 02456FRU
Church/Chapel: Parroquia de San Salvador / Xalbadore Eliza
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Church Location: Aldai Auzoa, 54, 48116 Fruiz, Bizkaia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 946 74 93 73
Country Name: Spain
Location: Vizcaya / Bizkaia, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the BI-2121, 7-8 km SE of Munguia
Font Location in Church: In the porch, under the tower
Century and Period: , Romanesque
Barrio Loza (1979) mentions that among other pieces gathered in the porch, at the base of the tower, there is a Romanesque capital which was hollowed and used as a holy-water stoup; the sides of the capital are ornamented with curly fat acanthus leaves (Barrio Loza, 1979, p. 39, 62)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.33133, -2.782255
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 19′ 52.79″ N, 2° 46′ 56.12″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Barrio Loza, José Angel, Arquitectura románica vaizcaína, Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 1979