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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07433AUD
Church/Chapel: Igleisa Parroquial de San Juan Baurtista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N-I, 8 km E of Vitoria (dir. Pamplona)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Gothic / Mudéjar
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994
Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983