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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
Font ID: 07512MEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 15th century, Medieval? / [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Miguel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Despoblado, Zona Rural Este, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A-2124, about 1 km ESE of Gaztelu -- abandoned since the mid-18thC
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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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, vol. II: 133
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 125