Pobes / Paves

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design element - motifs

Scene Description: diverse, at the angles [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08502] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/67797] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head

Scene Description: they are described in one source as 'evil' [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_POBES.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - 4

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08502] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/67797] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of base - detail

Scene Description: showing two of the carved items on it: the human head on the octagonal stem as Negroid features [cf. FontNotes]; the motif on the angle of the lower base is probably a floral or foliage motif

view of base - detail

Scene Description: showing the damaged right corner of the lower base

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08502] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/67797] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "La portada actual fue trasladada del desaparecido poblado de Carasta, muy próximo a Pobes y cercano al pequeño pueblo de San Miguel, de difícil acceso. Las arquivoltas se decoran con baquetones y pequeñas cintas de dientes de sierra, mientras que los capiteles los hacen con sencillos motivos geométricos a base de líneas quebradas y algún elemento figurativo, como una especie de piñas y lo que parece un búho muy desgastado."

Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_POBES.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pobes (Ribera Alta, Álava)"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 June 2017 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pobes_05.jpg] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: notice the different motifs -very eroded now- on the lower base

Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD.08500] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65984] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07532POB

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción / Jasokundeko Andre Maria eliza

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: C. la Iglesia, 15, 01420 Pobes, Alava, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Directions to Site: Located off the A-2622, in the municipality of Ribera Alta, 22 km WSW of Vitoria

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria

Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65984] [accessed 2 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción en Pobes. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal románica. La copa es lisa y el pie octogonal se decora con cuatro mascarones; la basa cuadrangular se decora con diversos motivos en los ángulos". Described and illustrated in Bilbao (1994) as a medieval baptismal font; the plain basin is raised on an octagonal pedestal base ornamented with four grotesque heads (mascarons); the quadrangular lower base is decorated with diverse motifs at the angles. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in López de Guereñu and in Portilla. The font is described and partially illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_POBES.pdf] [accessed 2 August 2024]: "Su interior acoge una pila bautismal con la copa lisa. En su base poligonal aparecen cuatro cabezas o mascarones esbozados, con gestos muy diversos, alguna con rasgos demoníacos. Esta simbología del número cuatro puede referirse a los cuatro ríos del paraíso que recorren las cuatro partes de la tierra: Geón, Pisón, Tigris y Éufrates, y a la importancia de sus aguas, o quizá las ocho partes de su basa nos indiquen la importancia del número ocho, que en la simbología cristiana, según San Ambrosio, Octogonus fons est, es expresión de la muerte simbólica del fiel junto a Cristo en espera de la resurrección. En cualquier caso, es importante relacionar el sacramento del bautismo con un número sagrado, ya que lo que aquí se recibe es la salvación."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.800702, -2.910116

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 48′ 2.53″ N, 2° 54′ 36.42″ W

UTM: 30T 507350 4738687

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. Accessed: 2024-08-02 00:00:00. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.

López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962

Portilla Vitoria, Micaela J., "Arte románico: raíces y evolución", 1983