Urturi No. 2 / Fortuuri / Horturi / Orturi

Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

Results: 20 records

LB01: design element - patterns - groove - incised groove

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

UB01: human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: one at each arris of the upper part of the base [cf. FontNotes]

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in the spaces of the underbowl

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

design element - motifs - fruit

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

design element - motifs - fruit

Scene Description: two different kinds visible here

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

design element - motifs - leaf - 4

Scene Description: folding leaves at the corners [cf. FontNotes]

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

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design element - motifs - torsade

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

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design element - patterns - interlace - linked hearts - beaded-tape

Scene Description: all around

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

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view of base

Scene Description: the lower base

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

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view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

view of basin

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: notice that the upper rim is devoid of anchorings or evidence of staples having been removed

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: 16thC church with the porch added 19thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © @i_euskadi, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph posted 19 May 2020 by @i_euskadi [https://twitter.com/PatrimonioAlava/status/1262654222790615041] [accessed 3 April 2021]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Garatxoak, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 January 2019 by Garatxoak [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urturi_Bernedo.jpg] [accessed 3 April 2021]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: in the north side chapel that serves as baptistery now

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 June 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 3 April 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 07566URT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Santísima Trinidad / Hirutasun Santua eliza
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Church Location: Mayor Plaza, 2, 01118 Urturi, Alava/Araba, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4154, W of the A3136, in the municipality and 4 km NW of Bernedo, near the Parque Natural and Golf Club of Izki,, 42 km SE of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Campezo / Montaña Alavesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a N chapel
Century and Period: 16th century[composite font?], Late Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoyen for her photographs of this font
Church Notes: 16thC church; porch 1817-1818
The present font here consists of a round, not quite hemispherical basin profusely decorated on the outside with linked beaded-tape hearts with grape and/or pine fruit in them; the underbowl spaces below are filled with foliage; raised on a cylindrical pedestal decorated with torsade pattern, and a round-to-square lower base decorated with roll mouldings atop, and a folding leaf at each corner. No cover present, nor is there any evidence of anchorings for it on the upper rim of the basin [NB: the lower base could be earlier than the rest of the font]. The earlier font of this church is mentioned in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_URTURI.pdf] [accessed 3 August 2024] which informs that a the present font replaced an earlier one here: "Hoy la copa y el pie han sido sustituidos por otros que se apoyan en la base cuadrada, realizado todo ello con posterioridad." [NB: cf. BSI entry for Urturi No. 1 for the earlier font here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.656812, -2.506514
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39′ 24.52″ N, 2° 30′ 23.45″ W
UTM: 30T 540434 4722807

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. Accessed: 2003-01-19 00:00:00. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.