Gopegui / Gopegi
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Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
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Scene Description: "Gopegi (Araba) Jasokundearen eliza"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ibai1984, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 1 June 2024 by Ibai1984
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design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle of the quadrangular lower base [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
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design element - architectural - columns - clustered
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francisco Guinea, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph by Francisco Guinea
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07478GOP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción / Jasokundearen eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Wikidata: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_la_Asunción_de_Nuestra_Señora_(Gopegui)
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: Kanpanaga Kalea, 9, 01138 Gopegi, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A3608-A3610, about 15 km NNW of Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopegui
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Francisco Guinea for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 522045 4756875
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.964198, -2.729699
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 57′ 51.11″ N, 2° 43′ 46.91″ W
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, p. 26, 97, 119 and fig. 5
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 38