Martioda / Mártioda

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07511MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Urrialdo [in ruins] / Urrialdoko Andre Maria baseliza
Font Location in Church: [reported ca, 1994 among the ruins of the "ermita"]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 01191 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3302, 11 km WNW of Vitoria, off the same road that leads to Hueto Abajo and Hueto Arriba
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria
Additional Comments: abandoned font: among the ruins of the abandoned "ermita" ca. 1994 (Bilbao, 1994)
Font Notes:
Described in Bilbao (1994: 125) as a medieval baptismal font now [i.e., ca. 1994] found among the ruins of the abandoned church; the basin is described as plain and the base has four mouldings around a central column. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The entry for this village in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MÁRTIODA.pdf] [accessed 16 May 2025] makes no mention of any font in either its church or the ermita.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 518014 4746958
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.875, -2.779444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 30″ N, 2° 46′ 46″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two

REFERENCES

  • Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 506
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 125