Marquinez No. 1 / Markíz / Marquínez
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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - symbol - 4
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view of church exterior - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Markiz (Araba) - Santa Eulaliaren eliza"
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vista de la localidad de Markinez"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mentxuwiki, 2023
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07508MAR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Eulalia / Santa Eulaliaren eliza
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: 01216 Marquínez / Markinez, Alava / Araba, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off A4150 (N) the BU-741, 32 km SSE of Vitoria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 13thC church with later modifications; restored 2008-2012
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1994) as a medieval baptismal font, one of the oldest in the division of Treviño; the basin is hemispherical and plain; the base is quadrangular, all sides ornamented with the symbols of the four Evangelists. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu. Listed in Arriola Loyola (1996: 138) as a medieval baptismal font ornamented with archaic low-relief motifs.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.702664,
-2.563708
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 42′ 9.59″ N,
2° 33′ 49.35″ W
UTM: 30T 535732 4727889
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
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
López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962