Etura

INFORMATION

FontID: 07460ETU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off (N) of the N-I, 18 km ENE of Vitoria

Font Location in Church: Inside the church?

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

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Bilbao (1994: 116) as a medieval baptismal font; the plain basin is raised on a base made of a central cylindrical column and seven constructional shafts. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

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

López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962