Abrisqueta / Abrisketa
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B01: design element - motifs - rope - double band
Scene Description: Double-rope motif decorates the rim of this hexagonal font.
INFORMATION
FontID: 02457ABR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ermita de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Abrisqueta, Arrigorriaga, Vizcaya, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Vizcaya / Bizkaia, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the AP-68, in the municipality of Arrigorriaga
Font Location in Church: To the right of the entrance.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 11th-12th church
Font Notes:
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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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.210497, -2.909417
Church 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