Lagran / Lagrán

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07494LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora de Lagrán
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Address: 01118 Lagrán, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the junction of the A3139-A3132, 7 km W of Bernedo, 35 km SSE of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1994: 24, 59-60, 122 and fig. 31) as a baptismal font of the early Gothic period; the basin is octagonal, ornamented only on three of its sides: two with vegetal motifs, the third with a realistically rendered quadruped, a donkey, in a cartouche-like frame, over four floral motifs that resemble fleurs-de-lis. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. Described in Arriola Loyola (1996: 115) as a baptismal font of the Gothic period.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 534122 4719426
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.626519, -2.583881
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 37′ 35.47″ N, 2° 35′ 1.97″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. II: 282
  • Arriola Loyola, Juan Luis, Trayecto alavés: de Oyón a Etxandio, [Vitoria]: Diputación Foral de Alava, Dpto. de Cultura y Euskera; Caja Laboral Popular, 1996, p. 115
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 24, 59-60, 122 and fig. 31