Tortura

INFORMATION

FontID: 07559TOR

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Country Name: Spain

Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi

Font Location in Church: Inside the church?

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

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in Bilbao (1994: 132) as a plain baptismal font of the medieval period. Bilbao (ibid.) cites entries in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria and in López de Guereñu.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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

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