Mezquia / Mezquía
Results: 2 records
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: several [cf. FontNotes]
R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
INFORMATION
FontID: 07518MEZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
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: 126) as a medieval baptismal font; the basin is plain except for a thick moulding at the upper rim; the base consists of columns ornamented with mouldings. 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