Buruaga

INFORMATION

FontID: 07440BUR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N622, 14 km WNW of Vitoria (access from the A3608, off the N622)

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Bilbao (1994: 113) as a plain baptismal font of the Romanesque period. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994

López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962