Aya / Aia / Heya

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding

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LB02: design element - patterns - torsade

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 3

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the leaves of the cover opened
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view of font and cover

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view of basin - interior

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view of church interior - baptistery

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view of font cover

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 14412AYA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Gozategi plaza, 20809 Aia, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Site Location: Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the GI-2631, S of Zarauz/Zarautz, 25-30 km WSW of San Sebastian/Donostia
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de San Sebastián
Additional Comments: painted font
Font Notes:
Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with parallel mouldings at the upper side, the side and underbowl covered in a concave ribbed pattern; the stem is a torsade column with square capital and base; the font is painted on the outside. The wooden cover if of the rim-buffer type, octagonal, with leaves opening for access to the inner well.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his phtographs of this font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 569129 4787406
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.236284, -2.14861
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 14′ 10.62″ N, 2° 8′ 55″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: not lined
Rim Thickness: 9 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 85 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Height of Base: 62 cm [calculated]
Font Height (with Plinth): 107 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measurements courtesy of Mikel Unanue]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]