Zurbano / Zurbao
Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue {e-mail of 7 April 2011)
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LB01: design element - patterns - torsade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia
Copyright Instructions: permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue {e-mail of 7 April 2011)
LB02: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
Scene Description: with torsade pattern in between
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia
Copyright Instructions: permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue {e-mail of 7 April 2011)
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Scene Description: notice the metal brace around the upper basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia
Copyright Instructions: permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue {e-mail of 7 April 2011)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Belen Guerrikabeitia, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Belen Guerrikabeitia
Copyright Instructions: permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue {e-mail of 7 April 2011)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07594ZUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir de Zurbano
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: 15thC church built on the site of an earlier church
Church Address: Arriba Auzoa, 5, 01520 Zurbao, Araba, Spain -- Tel.: +34 656 76 38 00
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-4001, 6-7 km NW of Vitoria / Gasteiz city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Notes:
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Described in Bilbao (1994) as a baptismal font of the Renaissance period, with strong Gothic influence of the Gothic; the large basin is plain; the base is ornamented with torsade columns; the lower base has two large roll mouldings framing the torsade pattern. Bilbao (ibid.) cites an entry in the Catálogo Monumental de la Diócesis de Vitoria. The large basin has a metal brace around the upper side; the font is raised on a two-step circular plinth.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Belen Guerrikabeitia for her photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 529711 4746098
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.866891, -2.636265
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52′ 0.81″ N, 2° 38′ 10.55″ 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. II: 633
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 135