Guerena / Gereña / Guereña
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08407] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66016] [accessed 30 July 2024]
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view of church exterior - south portal - door - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (Guereña, Vitoria, Álava)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guereña_-_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Evangelista_10.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2024]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (Guereña, Vitoria, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guereña_-_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Evangelista_08.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2024]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (Guereña, Vitoria, Álava)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guereña_-_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Evangelista_06.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (Guereña, Vitoria, Álava)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 11 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guereña_-_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Evangelista_12.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2024]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08407] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66016] [accessed 30 July 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
design element - motifs - ball or knob - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08407] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66016] [accessed 30 July 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
design element - motifs - semicircle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08407] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66016] [accessed 30 July 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07481GUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Evangelista
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist
Church Notes: church chiefly late-16thC
Church Address: Ent. Gereña, 11, 01196 Guereña, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3302, 12 km WNW of Vitoria, near the airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66092] [accessed 30 July 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Juan de Guereña. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal medieval; presenta copa lisa y basa de garras". Described in Bilbao (1994: 119) as a medieval baptismal font; plain basin; claw motifs on the lower base volume. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, in López de Guereñu and another in Revista Estíbaliz (February 1959). The entry for this church in the Auñamendi Eusko Entzklopedia [https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/en/guerena/ar-53860-40779/] [accessed 30 July 2024] reports a medieval baptismal font in it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 521277 4748139
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.885556, -2.739444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 53′ 8″ N, 2° 44′ 22″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: round cover with a finial; appears to be made of thin metal
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 429
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 119
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 295