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New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - John the Baptist - with book - angel holding clothes

Scene Description: on the north side of the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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animal - fabulous animal or monster

Scene Description: at the foot of the unidentified scene on the south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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animal - mammal - boar?

Scene Description: part of the hunting scene on the east side of the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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coat of arms - Asteasu

Scene Description: "Cuatro llaves cruzadas y pareadas y en la parte inferior, tres barras en las que se enrosca una serpiente" [source: Linajes de Navarra con Escudos de Armas Vol. 1; by Aurelio Erdozain Gaztelu; Ed.: Mogrobejo Zabala S.A.; pp.: 335, 336 ]

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: a band that has leaves of various types, in groups; the part of this band over the hunting scene is plain

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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design element - patterns

Scene Description: a mixed pattern of concave ribs with tiny squares in them

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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hunting scene - boar hunting?

Scene Description: two dogs appear to be chasing a boar; on the east side of the font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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scene [unidentified]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of basin - north side - detail

Scene Description: Christ in a decorated font; John the Baptist holding a book in his left hand, while he pours water on Christ's head with his right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of basin - north side - detail

Scene Description: right side of the Baptism of Christ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: notice the octagonal shape of the upper rim surface, and the metal staples from the old cover locking system

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - tower

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church interior - altar

Scene Description: the font to the left (north) of the main altar

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia parroquial de San Pedro. Pila bautismal [...] realizada en cantería arenisca, hemiesférica con perfil poligonal en el borde. Remata en un friso de hojas y baquetón torso con puntas de diamante. El resto de la superficie está cubierta por relieves: - bautismo de Jesús, de medio cuerpo dentro de una pila y con las manos unidas al pecho. A los lados Ángel con filacteria y San Juan con la concha, ambos sobre corderos. En la parte central se reproduce el escudo de la villa, dos Angeles sostienen y presentan frontalmente el escudo de la villa, compuesto por cuatro llaves cruzadas y pareadas, así como una cruz en medio de ellas y tres barras y una serpiente enroscada en las mismas, que forman a su vez el anagrama de jesus homo Salvator. El escudo está tricoronado por la tiara pontificia. Existen además a ambos lados y cubriendo toda la superficie de la taza, otros grupos de figuras que poseen claras connotaciones bautismales. A mano izquierda aprecen las figuras de San Juan Bautista, con el libro de la ley en la mano, y derramando agua con un recipiente sobre la cabeza de Jesús orante, que aparece representado de medio cuerpo e introducido en una pila. A sus pies las figuras de dos leones enfrentados, con los ojos abiertos, símbolo de Cristo que lucha y que vela por los hombres, símbolo también de fortaleza y vida. Al otro lado de Cristo un Ángel mantiene entre sus manos un amplio rollo sin inscripción alguna. Son figuras esquemáticas de cabellos partidos, ojos almendrados y acusada frontalidad. Iconograficamente la pieza es de gran belleza y simbolismo. Ubicación: Primer tramo. Lado del evangelio Siglo XIV Estilo: Gótico Editor: Fondo Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza Gipuzkoa"

Image Source: digital image [Asteasu0008] of a photograph taken by Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza, in Gure Gipuzkoa [ww.guregipuzkoa.eus/es?lang=es&paged=1&s=pila+bautismal#gallery/759716a5c1b6f245765792f1e7d1bae1/147555/comments] [accessed 8 June 2020]

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view of font - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font - northwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font - west side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font in context

Scene Description: note the modern black-marble lower base

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07017AST

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro / Elizmendiko San Pedro eliza

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Elizmendi Auzoa, 48-62, 20159 Asteasu, Gipuzkoa, Spain -- Tel.: +34 943 69 12 89

Country Name: Spain

Location: Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the GI-2631, 10 km NNW of Tolosa, about 20 SW of San Sebastián

Historical Region: Tolosaldea

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the E end of the nave, by the side of the main altar

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and font, and for the help in documenting this font.

Church Notes: original church Romanesque; modified and expanded 15thC;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Kortadi (2000?: 2) as a sandstone baptismal font of the Gothic-Renaissance period; the basin sides are ornamented with the following: a shield with the arms of the village; Baptism of Christ; two lions; angel; eagles with other animals [NB: the two 'lions' appear to be two dogs that appear to be part of a boar hunting scene]. Noted in Plazaola Artola (2008?) as 'isabelina" [i.e., from the time of Queen Isabel la Catolica; a late-Gothic period of the late 15th and early 16th centuries]. The basin upper surface has a nine-sided polygonal carved on top of the round rim. The old basin is raised on a new black marble flat platform [NB: the old lower base, cylindrical and plain, about 20 cm tall, is now in the sacristy]. Described in Kulturweb.com [https://www.kulturweb.com/adm/ficha.asp?tipoficha=2&que=32&id=277&L_Id=53&idioma=es] [accessed 9 June 2020]: "Pila Bautismal que se conserva. Tiene un diametro de 1,50 mt. y en ella esta esculpido el escudo pontificio, blasón de Asteasu. Tiene tallados dos angeles con amplia melena, sus alas extendidas y sostienen con sus manos el escudo."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.196712, -2.096127

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 11′ 48.16″ N, 2° 5′ 46.06″ W

UTM: 30T 573438 4783056

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 16.5 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 137 cm* / 150 cm**

Basin Total Height: 80 cm*

Height of Base: 20 cm* [not in use]

Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* [when standing on the old base]

Notes on Measurements: * Mikel Unanue / ** Kulturweb.com

LID INFORMATION

Notes: there appear to be metal staples at the upper rim

REFERENCES

Kortadi, Edorta, "El Camino de Santiago en Guipuzkoa: de Zuberoa a Zalduendo", gaia4402c, Euskonews & Media, 2000?, pp. 1-4; r["References"]

Plazaola Artola, Juan, "El arte gótico en Euskal Herria", hiru.com [Etengabeko Ikaskuntza], [2008?]