Hermua / Ermua

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07484HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: 01208 Hermua, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the A3012, just E of Ozaeta (Barrundia), 22 km ENE of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 542434 4751549
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.91538, -2.480102
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 55.37″ N, 2° 28′ 48.37″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. V: 487
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 120