Mendoza / Mendoza y Mendívil
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view of church exterior - portal
Scene Description: 13thC?
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2017 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mendoza_-_Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_06.jpg] [accessed 24 May 2017]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 April 2017 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mendoza_-_Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_09.jpg] [accessed 24 May 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 18 April 2017 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mendoza_-_Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_04.jpg] [accessed 24 May 2017]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07516MEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Mendoza 01191, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the A3302, 11 km WNW of Vitoria/Gasteiz, and it its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 125) as a medieval baptismal font; the plain basin is raised on a cylindrical base ornamented with mouldings; the lower base is ornamented with claws. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 517698 4746031
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 544
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 125
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, p. 247