Legarda

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view of font

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_LEGARDA.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of font

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08458] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65988] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Legardako eliza (Gasteiz)"

Image Source: digital photograph 23 August 2016 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Legarda_Gasteiz_eliza.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: " Legarda (Araba) herriaren ikuspegi orokorra"

Image Source: digital photograph 9 April 2022 by Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Legardaren_ikuspegi_orokorra.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_LEGARDA.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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design element - motifs - semicircle

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_LEGARDA.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - 4

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_LEGARDA.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07499LEG

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol / Legardako San Andres Apostolua eliza

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew

Church Notes: 13thC, late-Romanesque church modified late-17thC and 19thC; restored 1989 -- for a detailed photo essay on the interior of the church see https://www.ondareirekia.com/iglesia-de-san-andres-apostol-de-legarda/ [accessed 2 August 2024]

Church Address: Legarda, Alava, Spain

Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the A-3606, just NW of Vitoria's airport, 12 km NW of Vitoria/Gasteiz

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria

Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66092] [accessed 2 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Andrés de Legarda. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal medieval. Presenta taza lisa y pie de núcleo central con columnas redondas; la basa está moldurada en la zona superior y decorada con semicírculos en los laterales". Described in Bilbao (1994: 122) as a medieval baptismal font; plain basin; base consisting of a central column with four constructional shafts, almost detached; the lower base is moulded at the top and decorated with semi-circles on the sides. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu. There is no cover present but there are two metal staples visible in the upper rim, evidence of font cover anchorings.
Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_LEGARDA.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024] with date in the 13th century: "La iglesia cuenta también con una pila bautismal del siglo xiii. Consta de taza lisa, pie formado por cuatro columnas redondas, casi exentas, unidas a un núcleo central. La basa, de planta cuadrada, es común a todas las columnas, y presenta molduras en su parte superior y semicírculos en los laterales inferiores."

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COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 521433 4748977

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.8931, -2.7375

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 53′ 35.16″ N, 2° 44′ 15″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 479
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 122
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 155