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INFORMATION

FontID: 07468FRA

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church?

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

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Bilbao (1994: 117) as a medieval baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on an inverted pyramidal base. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

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