Oyarzun No. 1 / Oiarso / Oiartzun

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
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Results: 11 records
design element - motifs - floral - 4-petal - in a circle
design element - motifs - floral - 5-petal - in a circle
view of basin - interior
view of basin - north side
view of basin - southwest side
view of basin - upper view
view of church exterior - north view
view of church exterior - west façade
view of stoup in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 14263OYA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban de Lertaun / San Esteban Eliza
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: c/ San Juan, 20, 20180 Oyarzun / Oiartzun, Guipuzcoa / Gipuzkoa, Spain -- Tel.: +34 943 49 00 31
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the GI-2134, 1 km ESE of Renteria, 11 km E of San Sebastián
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de San Sebastián
Historical Region: Comarca de San Sebastián
Font Location in Church: Outside the S doorway
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of church and stoup
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A holy-water stoup (?) made of sandstone and located outside the main south entranceway to the church; the basin is round, with a thin moulding at the upper rim; on the sides are four- and five-petal rosettes inscribed in rope circles; some of the motifs are considerably worn and damaged; the basin is raised on a crude quadrangular base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 592379 4794606
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 73 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Mikel Unanue