Cestafe No. 2 / Zestafe
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Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
view of basin - interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
design element - motifs - unidentified - 4
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 November 2015 by Txaro Irigoyen
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 1 December 2015)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20194CES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: the other font listed in this hamlet has a similar base, but the basin is different
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de San Pedro de Gorostiza [former parish church]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Gorostiza Auzoa, 6, 01138, Araba, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3608, W of the N-240, 2 km from Gopegui, in the municipality of Zigoitia, just W of the Embalse de Urrunaga, N of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria, Archidiócesis de Burgos
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a totally plain rounded, not quite hemispherical, basin; the shape of the basin, both in a and out, suggest a late-medieval date or later; raised on a cylindrical pedestal base with a roll moulding atop, and a round-to-square lower base with a roll moulding atop, a wider moulding and four angle decorations at 90-degree angles; these four are very worn and may have been heads, knobs, etc. No cover present; no lining.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoyen for her photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 523849 4759275
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.98576, -2.707473
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 59′ 8.74″ N, 2° 42′ 26.9″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining