Tobillas / San Román de Tobillas / Toveles / Tovellas / Toviellas / Tovilla
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view of basin - interior - detail
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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view of font in context - south side
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10522TOB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Román de Tobillas / Durruma Tobillasko eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the W end, in a niche opposite the S entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Romanus
Church Notes: original church of the monastery of San Román here said to be early-9thC, ca. 822, considered one of the oldest in Alava; the present one probably 11thC with later alterations, etc.; monastery church became parochial 1238
Church Address: La Iglesia Kalea, 10, 01427 Tobillas, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the westernmost tip of the province, off the A-2622, just SE of Boveda, 34 NW of Miranda de Ebro, 52 km W of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: valle de Valdegovía -- Cuadrilla de Añana -- Tierras esparsas
Additional Comments: altered font (the present one; [cf. FontNotes]) -- disappeared font? (the one from the early-9thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/60685] [accessed 10 August 2024]: "pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Román de Tobillas [...] parte superior de la copa; de forma cuadrada y sin ningún tipo de decoración". The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_TOBILLAS.pdf] [accessed 23 November 2022] reports the baptismal font in it: "una pila bautismal, de dudosa cronología y estilo, que destaca por la originalidad de su copa. La parte inferior de ésta es esférica, pero va evolucionando hacia una forma cuadrada. La apertura superior sigue también la misma forma cuadrangular. El pie está compuesto por un cilindro sobre una base prismática, también cuadrilátera. Según M. Sáenz Rodríguez, las pilas de forma cuadrada hacen referencia a la significación del número cuatro, evocando la imagen de los cuatros ríos del paraíso o los cuatros Evangelistas. Así como la taza, cuadrangular en su interior y circular en el exterior, representa el cosmos, la unión de la tierra y el cielo, del espacio y el tiempo." Baptismal font, perhaps of the Romanesque period church here; it consists of a basin that is irregularly shaped on the outside, quadrangular on the inside; the original outside shape is difficult to determine now, as it is apparent that the basin has undergone a number of alterations; it now appears more or less straight on two sides towards the top, but unevenly curved on the other two, while the underbowl is evenly rounded; it has been repaired in cement; it stands on a round-to-square pedestal base; there is no obvious decoration anywhere on it; it is located in alcove of the north wall of the nave, unlikely to have been its original location, as the alcove appears to correspond to the original north entrance. There is round holy-water stoup with ribbed sides, mounted on a cylindrical pedestal base; it is of a much later date than the font.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garateful to Mikel Unanue and Pedro Novella for their photographs of this church and font. We are also grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 4747568 484710
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 52' 47.45" N, 3° 11' 15.56" W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: quadrangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Alava, iglesias restauradas, Vitoria/Gasteiz: Diputación Foral de Alava/Arabako Foru Aldundia, 2003, ill. on p. 79
- Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.
- López de Guereñu, Gerardo, Alava, 1962, [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/60685] [accessed 10 August 2024]