Contrasta No. 3 / Komtrasta
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design element - motifs - arris - 6
Scene Description: down the front of the octagonal basin
view of stoup in context
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23009CON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Elizmendi / Elizmendiko Andra Mariaren baseliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Calle Elizmendi / Kalea, 17, 01117 Contrasta, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A2128, about 20 km NNE of Antoñana, just S of the Puerto de Opacua, in the Sierra de Urbasa, border with Navarra. The Ermita is located about 200-300 yds. SE of the village centre where the parish church is located
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Campezo / Montaña Alavesa
Font Notes:
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Wall-mounted holy-water stoup of octagonal shape inside and out; the wall side is the longest, with the two sides perpendicular to it are shorter; the other five sides that complete the irregular octagon are shorter still and have arrises that run down the outer side of the curved basin. [cf. BSI entries No. 1 and 2 for the baptismal fonts of the parish church and its rural chapel-of-ease]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txaro Irigoyen for her photographs of this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 558635 4735153
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.766667, -2.283333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 0″ N, 2° 17′ 0″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal