Audicana / Audíkana

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07433AUD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista / San Joan Bataiatzailea eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: La Iglesia Xenda, 3, 01206 Audikana, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-3100 and A-1, 8 km E of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Salvatierra
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 26, 40, 112) as a baptismal font of the Gothic period; the basin is ornamented on its upper side with a blind arcade of round arches; lower down, more round arches of Mudejar influence. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in Portilla.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 541830 4747845
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.882063, -2.487783
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 55.43″ N, 2° 29′ 16.02″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. V: 343
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 26, 40, 96, 112
  • Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983