Monasterioguren / Monasterium Gurena / Mostrún
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol (Monasterioguren, Vitoria)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2020 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterioguren_(Vitoria)_-_Iglesia_de_San_Pedro_Apóstol_09.jpg] [accessed 28 November 2022]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol (Monasterioguren, Vitoria)"
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view of church exterior - tower - portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Monasterioguren (Vitoria) - Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol"
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol (Monasterioguren, Vitoria)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2020 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monasterioguren_(Vitoria)_-_Iglesia_de_San_Pedro_Apóstol_02.jpg] [accessed 28 November 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07519MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol / San Pedro Apostolua eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: medieval church; much modified since
Church Address: Monasterioguren Entitatea, 13, 01194 Monasterioguren, Alava / Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road A-4126, 7 km SSE of Vitoria/Gasteiz town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 126) as a medieval baptismal font; the basin is plain; the cylindrical base is ornamented with mouldings. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. Noted in the Enciclopedia del románico [www.romanicodigital.com]: "La pila bautismal, muy sencilla, consta de copa lisa, apoyada en pie cilíndrico con baquetones."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre and to Kike Lombardero for their photographs of church and font. We are also grateful to Mikel Unanue for his help in documenting this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 529186 4739099
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 550
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 125