Cripan / Cripán / Kripan
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07447CRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: De la Barbacana Plaza, 6, 01308 Kripan, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the A3220, 4 km N of Lanciego, about 45 km SSE of Vitoria, 15 km NNE of Logroño
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 114) as a plain medieval baptismal font; the basin is very large, with trimmed corners ["ochavado", i.e., square with trimmed corners that make it octagonal]. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 539701 4715585
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.591667, -2.516111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 35′ 30″ N, 2° 30′ 58″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. I: 42
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 114