Lalastra
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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08452] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66067] [accessed 27 July 2024]
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design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08452] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66067] [accessed 27 July 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lalastrako eliza"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Assar, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2013 by Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lalastrako_eliza.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07495LAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Elena / Lalastrako Santa Elena eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
Church Address: Real Kalea, 24, 01427 Lalastra, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the extreme W area of Alava, off the A-4338
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66067] [accessed 27 July 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de Santa Elena de Lalastra. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal medieval; la copa está decorada con simples incisiones verticales. Es una de las más antiguas de la diócesis". Described in Bilbao (1994: 122) as a medieval baptismal font, one of the oldest in the diocese of Vitoria. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in Portilla. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_LALASTRA.pdf] [accessed 27 July 2024] notes: "En un pequeño anexo, frente al ingreso de la iglesia parroquial, está la pila bautismal, de muy sencilla decoración geométrica y algo tosca. La copa, de breve curvatura en su perfil, presenta dos líneas horizontales que se alinean con casetones rectangulares diferenciados por líneas verticales. El pie de la misma es cónico –más amplio en la parte superior que en la inferior– y descansa sobre una basa en toro muy desgastada." The Enciclopedia dates some of the older details of the church to the 13th century. [NB: as Bond warns, the crudeness of a work should be taken as an indication of antiquity].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 481259 4746435
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.870278, -3.229444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 13″ N, 3° 13′ 46″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 122
- Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983