Marinda
Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020
Standing permission received from the FSMLR
Results: 17 records
view of basin - fragment
Scene Description: the font fragment before it was moved to its present [2021] location in the Centro de Interpretación del Románico en Alava / Arabako Erromanikoa Interpretazio Zentroa [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MARINDA.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: either without a drain hole, or cemented over
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 July 2015)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 July 2015)
symbol - sun?
![several radiating symbols [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150803011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: several radiating symbols [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 July 2015)
design element - motifs - fan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 July 2015)
symbol - cross - Greek - pattée - 12?
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 July 2015)
design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 July 2015)
view of church exterior - south portal
![the former parish church of Marinda [cf. ChurchNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211013008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the former parish church of Marinda [cf. ChurchNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MARINDA.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
![the former parish church of Marinda [cf. ChurchNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211013007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the former parish church of Marinda [cf. ChurchNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MARINDA.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2021]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR
view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ex parroquia de S. Juan ante Portam Latinam Templo en ruinas de este mortuorio alavés del siglo XX. Subsiste su portada del siglo XIII con arco de medio punto y parte de los muros y contrafuertes de la fábrica medieval. Parte de la pila bautismal con taza con decoración geométrica se encuentra en el antiguo balneario de Zuazo de Kuartango."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Isa .S, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 27 May 2012 in Isa .S' blog [http://montes-isa.blogspot.ca/2012/05/marinda-sierra-gibixo-alava-fecha-de-la.html] [accessed 3 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Isa .S, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2012 in Isa .S' blog [http://montes-isa.blogspot.ca/2012/05/marinda-sierra-gibixo-alava-fecha-de-la.html] [accessed 3 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church interior - nave - looking southwest
![the flat stone by the left [east] side of the doorway could be the plinth of the old font](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150803008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the flat stone by the left [east] side of the doorway could be the plinth of the old font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Isa .S, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 May 2012 in Isa .S' blog [http://montes-isa.blogspot.ca/2012/05/marinda-sierra-gibixo-alava-fecha-de-la.html] [accessed 3 August 2015]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of fragment in context
![in the museum [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211013005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: in the museum [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2021 by Pedro Novella
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 12 October 2021)
view of fragment in context
![in the museum [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211013004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: in the museum [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2021 by Pedro Novella
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 12 October 2021)
view of fragment in context
![in the museum [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1211013003_compressed.png)
Scene Description: in the museum [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2021 by Pedro Novella
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 12 October 2021)
information
Scene Description: the card (in Basque and Spanish) informs that the fragment is originally from the the villahe of Marinda, and is on deposit at the museum by the municipality
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2021 by Pedro Novella
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 12 October 2021)
information
Scene Description: a sampling of baptismal font in the region; posted at the museum where the fragment of the font is displayed now
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 12 October 2021 by Pedro Novella
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 12 October 2021)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07510MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Gothic
Museum: Centro de Interpretación del Románico en Alava / Arabako Erromanikoa Interpretazio Zentroa
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan ante portam latinam [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Evangelist [St. John ante Portam Latinam
Previous Font Location(s): Marinda
Church Notes: the church, originally 13thC, has been abandoned for a long time and is in ruins -- the fonts is at the Centro de Interpretación del Románico en Alava / Arabako Erromanikoa Interpretazio Zentroa, located by the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Estíbaliz [off the A4159, ESE of Vitoria/Gasteiz]
Church Address: [museum address: Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Estíbaliz (off the A4159, 11 km ESE of Vitoria/Gasteiz)]
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Marinda is located off (N) the A3316, 6-7 km W of Zuazo de Cuartango, W of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: [formerly in the Obispado de Calahorra]
Historical Region: Valle de Quartago
Additional Comments: abandoned font ; recycled font: the basin was reported ca. 1994 serving as a garden ornament in a nearby village; reported as having been re-located to Estibaliz, near Vitoria/Gasteiz in 2015
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1994), who reports it in a park ["en la campa del antiguo balneario de Zuazo de Cuartango"] ca. 1994. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in Portilla. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MARINDA.pdf] [accessed 13 October 2021]: "La pila bautismal de Marinda se encuentra en la actualidad, como elemento decorativo, en el jardín del antiguo balneario de Zuhatzu de Kuartango. Sólo se ha conservado la copa –muy deteriorada, especialmente en su boca–, puesto que ha perdido la basa y el pie. La geométrica ornamentación, típica de la zona de Kuartango, se dispone en dos bandas separadas por una franja en resalte. La primera de ellas, en la actualidad muy dañada y apenas visible, indica Garbiñe Bilbao que se cubre con cruces griegas inscritas en cuadrifolios que, a pesar de los importantes desprendimientos sufridos, parecen sumar un total de doce. La banda siguiente, mejor conservada, se cubre con círculos radiados, símbolos solares por excelencia." The remaining fragment is a part of the basin sides and underbowl of a [late?] medieval baptismal font of roughly hemispherical shape; the remaining decoration is arranged in three bands; the upper band, much of which is missing, has a number [12?] of potent Greek crosses; below it, framed by two roll mouldings, is a band of sun-like radiant circles all around; the lower round, which constitutes the underbowl proper, has fan motifs all around. The base is missing. Inside the original church, now abandoned and in ruins, by the east side of the doorway, is a large flat stone with a hole in its centre; it could be the plinth of the baptismal font. [NB: font location update: e-mail of 26 July 2015 from Mikel Unanue, regular contributor to BSI, regarding the present location of this font: "ahora esta recogida en un centro de interpretación que han abierto en Estibalitz, junto a Vitoria"].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoyen Mikel Unanue and Pedro Novella for their informartion and photographs of this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 504423 4748046
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 81 fn51
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 32-33, 124 and fig. 10
- Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983