Villambrosa / Merosa / Villamorosa

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2019

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 20 May 2006 by Pedro Novella

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 January 2019)

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ayuntamiento Ribera Alta / Erriberagoiotia, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph in the Ayuntamiento Ribera Alta / Erriberagoiotia [http://erriberagoitia.com/project/villambrosa/] [accessed 14 January 2019]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08559] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65990] [accessed 2 August 2024]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 May 2006 by Pedro Novella

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 11 January 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 21952VIL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Andrés [formerly monastery church of San Román]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew [former monastery dedicated to St. Romanus]
Church Location: 01423 Villambrosa, Alava / Araba, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the L-624, in the municipality of Ribera Alta / Erriberagoitia, 21 km from Vitoria / Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria [formerly in the Diócesis de Burgos]
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove off the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Novella for his photograph of this font
Church Notes: original monastery 10thC; present church much modified
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65990] [accessed 2 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Andrés de Villambrosa. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal bastante rústica; la copa es de gran tamaño y se apea en un pie robusto. El único motivo decorativo son las acanaladuras". The font appears to be of crude workmanship; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a pattern of broad ribs all around, raised on a round but irregular pedestal base. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.7809, -3.00549
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42º 46′ 40” N, 0º 40′ 55” W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round