Buruaga
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: "Buruaga town in Zigoitia municipality (Araba)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gartxoak, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a 16 September 2018 digital photograph by Gartxoak
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Image Source: digital photograph 2025 by Francisco Guinea
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view of stoup
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design element - motifs - knob - 4
Scene Description: at the corners of the round-to-square lower base
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2 - parallel
Scene Description: one at each end of the stem of the base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07440BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban / Buruagako Eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_(Buruaga)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Lizaur Kalea, 5, 01138 Buruaga, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4407, in the municipality of Cigoitia, 14 km WNW of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Zuya
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buruaga
Font Notes:
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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. Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base with roll mouldings at either end, the lower base round to square with knobs at the corners. No cover present. The church also contains a holy-water stoup of stone of composite appearance: a round tapering basin raised on a square pedestal base.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Grancisco Guinea for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 524417 4754862
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.946006, -2.700693
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 56′ 45.62″ N, 2° 42′ 2.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 113
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 240