Otaza

Results: 2 records

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

LB02: design element - motifs - ball - 4

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07529OTA

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Emeterio y San Celedonio

Church Patron Saints: St. Emeterius [aka Hemeterius / Madir] & St. Celedonius

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Vitoria, just S of the airport

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: 128) as a medieval baptismal font; plain basin raised on a pedestal base ornamented with mouldings; the lower base has ball motif at the angles. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

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