Marieta / Mariaeta / Marieta-Larrintzar / Marieta-Larrínzar

Listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66092] [accessed 26 July 2024]: "Vista frontal de una pila bautismal medieval y fechable en el siglo XV. La copa está abrazada desde la base por molduras como gallones y se terminan en flores de lis estilizadas; el pie presenta molduras verticales y la basa cuadrada está decorada con arquillos Pila bautismal de la iglesia de la Invención de la Santa Cruz en Marieta". Described in Bilbao (1994: 52, 124) as a medieval baptismal font of the 15th century. Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin, with half-length ribs or piping on the underbowl ending up in floral(?) motifs; on a pedestal base of clustered columns with base mouldings, and a square lower base or plinth decorated with a nlind arcade of five round arches per side, the arches on columns with capitals. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. No cover present. [NB: the present church is late-18th century; the font would probably have originated in the earlier church that collapsed in 1727]