Arzubiaga

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07430ARZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción de Arzubiaga
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: 01520 Arzubiaga, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Arrazua-Ubarrundia, 7 km NE of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 111) as a medieval baptismal font of the late 12th or early 13th century; plain basin raised on a round base ornamented with four little shafts. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 531304 4747931
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.883333, -2.616667
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 53′ 0″ N, 2° 37′ 0″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 284
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 96, 111
  • López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 30