Abrisqueta / Abrisketa

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02457ABR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de San Pedro
Font Location in Church: To the right of the entrance.
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 11th-12th church
Church Address: Abrisqueta, Arrigorriaga, Vizcaya, Spain
Site Location: Vizcaya / Bizkaia, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the AP-68, in the municipality of Arrigorriaga
Font Notes:
A font in the shape of an inverted truncated six-side pyramid has its rim decorated with double-rope motif (Barrio Loza, 1979, p. 51)

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.210497, -2.909417
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 12′ 37.79″ N, 2° 54′ 33.9″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hexagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Barrio Loza, José Angel, Arquitectura románica vaizcaína, Bilbao: Universidad de Deusto, 1979, p. 51