Lagran / Lagrán

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - vegetal

on two of the sides of the octagonal basin [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: on two of the sides of the octagonal basin [cf. FontNotes]

B02: animal - mammal - donkey or horse?

a donkey? [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: a donkey? [cf. FontNotes]

B03: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 4

under the equine motif
Scene Description: under the equine motif

INFORMATION

FontID: 07494LAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Natividad de Nuestra Señora
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A3139-A3132, 35 km SSE of Vitoria (follow the A2124 from Vitoria to Peñacerrada where a left turn connects with the A3130 (dir. Bernedo)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Arriola Loyola, Juan Luis, Trayecto alavés: de Oyón a Etxandio, [Vitoria]: Diputación Foral de Alava, Dpto. de Cultura y Euskera; Caja Laboral Popular, 1996
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994