Villafranca / Villafranca de Estíbaliz
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Lb01: design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: a/p description in Bilbao (1994)
INFORMATION
FontID: 07569VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
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:
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Described in Bilbao (1994: 134) as a medieval baptismal font consisting of a plain basin mounted on a square lower base with ball motifs at the angles. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. Listed in Arriola Loyola (1996: 156).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: rwo
REFERENCES
Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria, 1968
Arriola Loyola, Juan Luis, Trayecto alavés: de Oyón a Etxandio, [Vitoria]: Diputación Foral de Alava, Dpto. de Cultura y Euskera; Caja Laboral Popular, 1996
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994