Laurgain de Aia / Laurgain en Aya / Laurgain Ayako
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
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view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font or stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
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view of font or stoup - detail
Scene Description: possibly the oldest part of the font or stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 27 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font or stoup in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 March 2009 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14411LAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located on the GI2631, 3 km from Aia/Aya, S of Zarauz/Zarautz, 30 km WSW of San Sebastian/Donostia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: [composite font], [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his phtographs of this object
Font Notes:
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A font or stoup consisting of a plain round basin raised on a plain cylindrical stem and a moulded lower base; the two upper pieces are definitely modern [or have been greatly re-tooled recently], but the lower block could be earlier, perhaps a shaft basament, an up turned capital or even a mortar.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: not lined; fitted with a water-fountain like spout