Vitoria No. 3 / Gasteiz
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07621VIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: An identical (?) one in the same temple
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Address: Cuesta de San Vicente, 4, 01001 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in ther Casco Viejo, between Santa Maria and San Francisco streets
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 526849 4743954
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.847695, -2.671408
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 50′ 51.7″ N, 2° 40′ 17.07″ W
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, p. 78