Arceniega / Artziniega
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Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 07628ARC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: c/ Arteko Aldapa, 12, 01474 Arceniega /Artziniega, Alava / Arava, Spain -- Tel.: 945 396 210
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the junction of the A624-A2604, 14 km NW of Amurrio, 27 km from Bilbao, 55 from Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Ayala
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Bilbao (1994: 97) as a medieval baptismal font, the only one listed for the Cantabrian area of Alava. [NB: we have no information on this font; the present baptismal font in use is modern; it consists of a round basin with a gadrooned underbowl and a prominent rim moulding, raised on a baluster-shaped base. Metal cover with orb-and-cross finial.]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 488535 4775254
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994, p. 97