Troconiz / Trocóniz / Trokoniz
Image copyright © Kike Lombardero, 2024
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 May 2024)
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view of font in context
Scene Description: not known what the round basin-shaped object on the ground to the right may be
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kike Lombardero, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Kike Lombardero
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 May 2024)
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church of San Vicente Mártir, Trokoniz"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 16 December 2012 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trokoniz_-_Iglesia_de_San_Vicente.jpg] [accessed 14 May 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kike Lombardero, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Kike Lombardero
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 May 2024)
design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kike Lombardero, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Kike Lombardero
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 14 May 2024)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07558TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir / San Bizente Martiria eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: 13thC Romanesque church; re-built 16thC;
Church Address: C. Trokoniz, 15, 01193 Tróconiz, Álava, España
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the A132, in the municipality of Iruraiz-Gauna, 10 km ESE of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Salvatierra
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Romanesque church here?)
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 132) as a baptismal font of the medieval period; plain basin raised on a round pedestal base; the lower base is ornamented with stylised vegetal motifs. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. No font mentioned in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_TROKONIZ.pdf] [accessed 14 May 2024].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Kike Lombardero for his photograph of this font, and to Mikel Unanue for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 536417 4741560
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.82574, -2.554475
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42°49′32.66″ N, 2°33′16.11″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968, vol. IV: 590
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 132