Samaniego

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B01: design element - motifs - spiral (striated)

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07537SAM
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located on the A124, 10 km WNW of Laguardia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Described in Bilbao (1994: 35, 130) as a late medieval baptismal font; the sides of the large basin are ornamented with striated spirals in the Renaissance style. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994