Gamarra Mayor / Gamarra Nagusia

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design element - motifs - floral - in a circle

Scene Description: a row of all around

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_GAMARRA_MAYOR_GAMARRA_NAGUSIA.pdf] [accessed 25 July 2024]

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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_GAMARRA_MAYOR_GAMARRA_NAGUSIA.pdf] [accessed 25 July 2024]

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view of basin

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_GAMARRA_MAYOR_GAMARRA_NAGUSIA.pdf] [accessed 25 July 2024]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vitoria - Gamarra Mayor, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción" -- mote that the font listed here is not in this church but in private hands

Image Source: digital photograph 29 Ocvtober 2016 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vitoria_-_Gamarra_Mayor,_Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_la_Asunción_4.jpg] [accessed 25 July 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07473GAM

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates are for the church] Gamarra Nagusia Entitatea, 30, 01013 Gamarra Mayor, Alava, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off the N-240, about 6 km N of Vitoria/Gasteiz

Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria

Font Location in Church: In private hands

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1994: 118) as a Romanesque baptismal font. The entry for Gamarra Mayor in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_GAMARRA_MAYOR_GAMARRA_NAGUSIA.pdf] [accessed 25 July 2024] reports the remains -basin and lower base- of a medieval font, but it notes that it is not located in the parish church, as it was found in a nearby farm and rescued by some neighbours, thus remaining now in private property; only the basin and base remain, the stem having been lost; the two pieces are decorated with a succession of mouldings as well as some inscribed floral motifs: "En Gamarra Mayor hay restos de una pila bautismal de época medieval, pero no se conserva dentro del templo parroquial, ya que fue encontrada en una huerta cercana y rescatada por unos vecinos del pueblo, en cuya propiedad se conserva. La copa es elevada y lleva decoración cerca de la boca: dos finas incisiones que dan forma a una moldura, bajo la cual se hallan tres bandas cóncavas, separadas por aristas finas. En la parte inferior de la copa vemos repetido el motivo ornamental, dos finas incisiones y una banda cóncava. Entre ambos elementos decorativos se desarrolla una banda a base de círculos, con flores en su interior. No ha conservado el pie, pero sí la basa, redonda con moldura superior y banda ancha con festones."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.878369, -2.657181

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 52′ 42.13″ N, 2° 39′ 25.85″ W

UTM: 30T 527998 4747365

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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