Retana / Erretana
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08507] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66005] [accessed 1 August 2024]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: notice the large repair to the rim side, by one of the metal staples
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Retana (Álava) - Iglesia de San Esteban"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 19 July 2018 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retana_-_Iglesia_de_San_Esteban_1.jpg] [accessed 26 March 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - 5
Scene Description: broad central shaft with four constructional colonnettes at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: all around the quadrangular lower base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07534RET
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Erretana Entitatea, 01510 Retana, Álava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-240 / A-240, 8 km NNE of Vitoria-Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Vitoria
Additional Comments: painted font / repaired font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/66005] [accessed 1 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Esteban de Retana. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal medieval. El cuerpo superior, sin decorar, descansa sobre núcleo central con cuatro baquetones adosados". Described in Bilbao (1994: 129), who suggests the possibility that, although it looks medieval, it may be of a later date; she cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The baptismal font consists of a plain roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a base of five constructional columns on a moulded quadrangular base; there are four metal staples at the upper rim, one of which has split the stone; the repair is noticeable despite the thick coat of paint that covers the basin now. The wooden cover is roound, flat and plain; modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 529009 4750163
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.903532, -2.644658
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 54′ 12.71″ N, 2° 38′ 40.77″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 375
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 129