Maeztu / Maestu
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2011 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Scene Description: as displayed in August 2011
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken August 2011 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 17819MAE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Invención de la Santa Cruz
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the A-132, in the municipality of Arraya-Maestu, 25 km SE of Vitoria (dir. Estella)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The on-line Enciclopedia Auñamendi entry for this church [www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/18330/37347] [accessed 31 December 2011] describes the present font as neo-Classical, but reports the discovery in 2001 of an upturned medieval font found buried beneath the present one [="Bajo la pila, en el 2001, apareció una pila medieval invertida"]; it is a plain hemispherical vessel much damaged at the upper rim and sides, some of the damage consistent with the presence of metal staples from an old cover; the stone appears to be a light-pink limestone. It is now mounted on a modern base. [NB: according to the Enciclopedia... [cf. supra] the fabric of the church dates from the 15th century; is is possible tha this old basin nay be from that date, though most likely it is medieval, as suggested; there is a Romanesque rural chapel nearby, the Ermita románica de la Virgen del Campo, but we have no information whether it had a font or not -- was the discovered font from that chapel?]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]