Alzo Abajo / Altzo Azpi

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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza [https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/wp-content/gallery/arantzacuestaezeiza/1144464.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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design element - patterns - piping or ribbed - ball

Scene Description: the ball motifs are located at the nottom end of the ribs/pipes -- note that there is damage to the right-hand corner of the upper rim; it appears to be related wo an anchoring for an earlier font cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza, [2020]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza [https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/wp-content/gallery/arantzacuestaezeiza/1144464.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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head?

Scene Description: described in the source as zoomorphix; they look like rosettes with the protrusion being perhaps head-shaped

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza, [2020]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza [https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/wp-content/gallery/arantzacuestaezeiza/1144464.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Uranzu, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2018 by Uranzu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Salbador_eliza.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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view of font - west side

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal de piedra sobre un corto fuste cilíndrico con toscas estrías que apoya directamente sobre el suelo y decorado con cuatro cabezas zoomorfas muy toscas. La pila troncocónica, decorada con estrías sesgadas apoya directamente sobre el pie. Ubicación: Presbiterio Siglo XII Estilo: Románico Editor: Fondo Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza Gipuzkoa"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza, [2020]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph by Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza [https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/wp-content/gallery/arantzacuestaezeiza/1144464.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: one of the several stoups in this church

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2018 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altzo_-_Iglesia_de_San_Salvador_07.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: one of several in the church

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2018 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Altzo_-_Iglesia_de_San_Salvador_11.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22718ALT
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Salvador de Altzo / San Salbador eliza
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: Alzo Abajo / Altzo Azpi, 20268 Alzo, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Guipúzcoa / Gipuzkoa, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off (AP-1) about 6 km SSW of Tolosa. Alto Abajo forms, with Alzo Arriba, the joint village of Alzo / Altzo
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de San Sebastián
Historical Region: Comarca de Tolosaldea
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the chancel steps
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Noted and illustrated by Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza [https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/wp-content/gallery/arantzacuestaezeiza/1144464.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2020] a baptismal font of stone consisting of two blocks: a bucket-shaped basin deorated with piping or ribs that end in a ball motif at the bottom; the squat base is round, decorated with similar piping/ribs and four protruding objects described by the source as 'zoomorphic'; located by the chancel steps; 12th-century Romanesque [="Ubicada en el presbiterio. Pila bautismal de piedra sobre un corto fuste cilíndrico con toscas estrías que apoya directamente sobre el suelo y decorado con cuatro cabezas zoomorfas muy toscas. La pila troncocónica, decorada con estrías sesgadas apoya directamente sobre el pie. Ubicación: Presbiterio Siglo XII Estilo: Románico Editor: Fondo Arantza Cuesta Ezeiza Gipuzkoa"]. No font cover present. [NB: the other half of the village, Alzo Arriba / Altzo Muño has an 18th-century church].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 574523 4772371

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: there is damage that may be related to an anchoring spot for a font cover