Otaza / Otatza
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07529OTA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Emeterio y San Celedonio [demolished 1979]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Emeterius [aka Hemeterius / Madir] & St. Celedonius
Church Notes: church demolished in 1979 for the construction of an airport
Church Address: [demolished in 1979]
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 6 km W of Vitoria, just S of the airport [village demolished in 1979; site now part of the airport]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 521907 4746425
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.8701, -2.7318
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 12.36″ N, 2° 43′ 54.48″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 568
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 128