Hermua / Ermua

Results: 3 records

B01: symbol - cross

Latin? [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: Latin? [cf. FontNotes]

B02: symbol - cross - saltire (St. Andrew's cross)

[cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

B03: design element - motifs - ball

in twos and threes, arranged vertically [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: in twos and threes, arranged vertically [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07484HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located on the A3012, just E of Ozaeta (Barrundia), 22 km ENE of Vitoria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 119) as a late medieval baptismal font; the bases has two crosses: one with uneven arms, the other St. Andrew's; next to them are sets of ball motifs in twos and threes vertically arranged. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994