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_08.jpg] [accessed 28 November 2022]
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - 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_09.jpg] [accessed 28 November 2022]
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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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view of church exterior - tower - portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Monasterioguren (Vitoria) - Iglesia de San Pedro Apóstol"
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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_12.jpg] [accessed 28 November 2022]
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view of church exterior - tower - portal
view of font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07519MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro Apóstol / San Pedro Apostolua eliza
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Monasterioguren Entitatea, 13, 01194 Monasterioguren, Alava / Araba, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off local road A-4126, 7 km SSE of Vitoria/Gasteiz town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
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.
Church Notes: medieval church; much modified since
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."
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
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994