Cripan / Cripán

INFORMATION

FontID: 07447CRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located on the A3220, 4 km N of Lanciego, about 45 km SSE of Vitoria, 15 km NNE of Logroño
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994