Pedruzo

INFORMATION

FontID: 07531PED

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located in

Font Location in Church: Inside the church?

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Bilbao (1994: 129) as a medieval baptismal font; the octagonal basin is raised on a prismatic base. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968

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