Mendiguren

INFORMATION

FontID: 07515MEN

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located on the N622, 6 km NNW of Vitoria

Font Location in Church: Inside the church?

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1994: 125) as a medieval baptismal font; the plain basin is raised on a columnar base. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994