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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08471] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66035] [accessed 29 July 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07512MEA

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Despoblado, Zona Rural Este, Alava, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A-2124, about 1 km ESE of Gaztelu -- abandoned since the mid-18thC

Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval? / [composite]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66035] [accessed 29 July 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Miguel de Meana. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal de estilo románico; presenta pie sencillo y copa sin decoración". Described in Bilbao (1994: 125) as a plain medieval baptismal font. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The font consists of a plain hemispherical basin raised on a moulded quadrangular base; it may be a composite. No cover present but one metal staple from a cover anchoring remains in the upper rim.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 527925 4738840

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968