Melledes

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Juan Evangelista (Melledes, Ribera Baja, Álava)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 12 March 2022 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melledes_(Ribera_Baja),_Iglesia_de_San_Juan_Evangelista_1.jpg] [accessed 30 July 2024]

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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08472] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66012] [accessed 30 July 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07513MEL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Evangelista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Iglesia San Juan Kalea, 2, 01213 Melledes, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-4340, 1 km NE of Igay, in the municipality of Ribera Baja, 20-25 kmSW of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66092] [accessed 30 July 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Juan Evangelista de Melledes. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal medieval. La copa es lisa y se apea en un pie circular con basa ensanchada en los ángulos". Described in Bilbao (1994: 125) as a plain medieval baptismal font. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in López de Guereñu. The font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a tound pedestal base and a round-to-square lower base; there is a damaged moulding atop the cylindrical pedestal base, and there are knobs or spurs at the angles of the square lower base, otherwise the rest is plain. There is no cover present but there is metal staple in the upper rim of the basin, evidence of anchorage from an earlier cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.741077, -2.898223
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 44′ 27.88″ N, 2° 53′ 53.6″ W
UTM: 30T 508330 4732067

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994
López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962