Villabuena de Alava / Eskuernaga / Villaescuerna
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding - diagonal
Scene Description: a/p description in Bilbao (1994)
design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.ENC.CD.31741-31742] of an undated [ca. 1959-1965] photograph in the Colección Enciso [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/85755] [accessed 10 August 2024]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Scene Description: desig
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.ENC.CD.31741-31742] of an undated [ca. 1959-1965] photograph in the Colección Enciso [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/85755] [accessed 10 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villabuena - Iglesia de San Andrés"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 28 January 2018 by Zarateman https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villabuena_-_Iglesia_de_San_Andrés_02.jpg] [accessed 10 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villabuena. Pila bautismal"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.ENC.CD.31741-31742] of an undated [ca. 1959-1965] photograph in the Colección Enciso [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/85755] [accessed 10 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 07568VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: La Plaza Iglesia, Villabuena / Eskuernaga, 01307 Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3214, 7-8 km W of Laguardia, in the Rioja alavesa, 57 km S of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Rioja Alavesa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century[basin only], Late Gothic [basin only]
Church Notes: present church 16th and 18thC
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font illustrated in the Colección Enciso [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/85755] [accessed 10 August 2024]. Described in Bilbao (1994) as a medieval baptismal font of the late or delayed Gothic; the large cylindrical basin is ornamented with diagonal mouldings. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.548667, -2.664722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 32′ 55.2″ N, 2° 39′ 53″ W
UTM: 30T 527527 4710751
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994