Antonana / Antoñana
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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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 - 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 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 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
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1221205001_compressed.png)
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 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 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
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 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
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)
INFORMATION
FontID: 07855ANT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (fragment)
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Church Location: Plaza de la Iglesia, 01128 Antoñana, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
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
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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
Church Notes: present 18thC church replaced and earlier fortified church here
Font Notes:
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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."
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 549557 4726901
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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