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LB01: design element - motifs - ball - 4

Scene Description: one at each angle of the quadrangular lower base [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07478GOP
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 at the junction of the A3608-A3610, about 15 km NNW of Vitoria (take the N622 out of Vitoria; past Apodace make a right at the A3608 (dir. Gorbea)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1994: 26, 119 and fig. 5) as a medieval baptismal font; the plain basin is raised on a base consisting of a central column and four constructional shafts; the lower base is quadrangular with ball/claw motif at the angles. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in López de Guereñu.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994
López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962