Vitoria No. 2 / Gasteiz
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Scene Description: the modern font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07620VIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: An identical (?) one in the same temple
Font Notes:
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Described in Castro (1915: 78) as one of two beautiful shell-shaped basins weighing 70 kg. each [the source refers to them as baptismal fonts ["pilas bautismales"], but they may be actually holy-water stoups. The baptismal font appears modern.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: shell-shaped
REFERENCES
Castro, Cristóbal de, Catálogo monumental de España: Provincia de Alava, Madrid: Est. Tip. Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1915