Labraza

INFORMATION

FontID: 07492LAB

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located on the A4210, 12 km N of Logroño (from Logroño follow the A3226 to Moreda de Alava where it connects with the A4210 N to Labraza)

Font Location in Church: Inside the church?

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1994: 121) as a plain medieval baptismal font consisting of a large hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal base. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994