Antonana / Antoñana

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Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2022

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2022)

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 4 December 2022 by Juan Carlos Abascal Diez de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2022)

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the later font in use inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 January 2011 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoñana_-_Iglesia_de_San_Vicente_Martir_16.JPG] [accessed 2 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

design element - patterns - reticular

Scene Description: the remaining fragment of the old font partially painted
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 4 December 2022 by Juan Carlos Abascal Diez de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2022)

view of basin in context

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 4 December 2022 by Juan Carlos Abascal Diez de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2022)

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the fragment of the old font as displayed in June 2019
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2019 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 July 2019)

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: the fragment of the old font as displayed in June 2019 -- notice the large indentation on the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2019 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 July 2019)

view of basin in context

Scene Description: the fragment of the old font as displayed in June 2019
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2019 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 July 2019)

view of basin in context

Scene Description: the fragment of the old font as displayed in June 2019
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 July 2019)

view of basin in context

Scene Description: the fragment of the old font as displayed in June 2019
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 2 July 2019)

view of church exterior in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 January 2011 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoñana_-_Iglesia_de_San_Vicente_Martir_06.JPG] [accessed 2 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 4 December 2022 by Juan Carlos Abascal Diez de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 December 2022)

view of stoup

Scene Description: inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 January 2011 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antoñana_-_Iglesia_de_San_Vicente_Martir_17.JPG] [accessed 2 July 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07855ANT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: present 18thC church replaced and earlier fortified church here
Church Address: Plaza de la Iglesia, 01128 Antoñana, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-132, just NW of Santa Cruz de Campezo, 33 km SE of Vitoria
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Alava
Additional Comments: disused font? / painted font / buried font / damaged font (a fragment)
Font Notes:
Bilbao (1996: 71 fn10) mentions a baptismal font ornamented with reticular pattern in this place. A local source communicated to BSI [e-mail of 2 July 2019] that a font fragment that appears to have been buried behind the church for some time was unearthed and moved to the porch of the church; photographs of this object show a large [3/4?] fragment of a round stone basin, its outer side decorated with a reticular pattern; remains of red paint are still clearly visible on it; the base is missing and there is no cover present. This fragment is noted as Romanesque and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_ANTOÑANA.pdf] [accessed 5 December 2022]: "hemos encontrado la copa perteneciente a una pila bautismal románica, sin duda, que fue hallada recientemente en una cuadra, donde había permanecido enterrada. Es una gran copa semiesférica en la que, aunque fragmentada, se puede apreciar una greca de rombos en la parte superior, que conservan restos de policromía –pinturas rojas– en el interior de alguno de ellos. Hoy se encuentra colocada al aire libre, junto a la cárcel, embelleciendo un bonito rincón del pueblo."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoyen and to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for their information on and photographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 549557 4726901

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 71 fn10
  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.