Ribera de Valdegovia / Valderejoko Erribera / Ribera / Ribera de Valderejo
Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
Results: 19 records
design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: alternating broader and thinner ribs all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
view of church exterior - south portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Herrero Lanchero, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a January 2013 digital photograph by Luis Herrero Lanchero, in Pueblos y Lugares [http://puebloslugaresrincones.blogspot.com/2013/01/ribera-de-valderejo.html] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
![showing the capitals on the right [east] side of the portal](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210526016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: showing the capitals on the right [east] side of the portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Herrero Lanchero, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a January 2013 digital photograph by Luis Herrero Lanchero, in Pueblos y Lugares [http://puebloslugaresrincones.blogspot.com/2013/01/ribera-de-valderejo.html] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
![Source caption: "Erriberako San Esteban eliza" -- showing the capitals on the left [west] side of the portal](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210526015_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Erriberako San Esteban eliza" -- showing the capitals on the left [west] side of the portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theklan, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 September 2020 by Theklan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erriberako_eliza,_Valderejoko_Natura_Parkean_4.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
![showing the capitals on the left [west] side of the portal](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1210526017_compressed.png)
Scene Description: showing the capitals on the left [west] side of the portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Luis Herrero Lanchero, 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a January 2013 digital photograph by Luis Herrero Lanchero, in Pueblos y Lugares [http://puebloslugaresrincones.blogspot.com/2013/01/ribera-de-valderejo.html] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Además de la lluvia y el viento, las vacas daban lengüetazos a los muros erosionando más aún lo que quedaba en pié" -- medieval architecture is appreciated locally by all and sundry
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iñaki Rojo Legarra, 2014
Image Source: digital photograh 29 June 2008 by Iñaki Rojo Legarra [www.asturnatura.com/fotografia/hombre-naturaleza/iglesia-de-san-esteban-2/19958.html] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ribera. Iglesia de San Esteban"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 4 December 2006 by neu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribera01.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD-self
view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ribera. Iglesia de San Esteban"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 December 2006 by neu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribera01.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD-self
view of church interior - east end
Scene Description: Source caption: "Erriberako San Esteban eliza"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theklan, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 September 2020 by Theklan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erriberako_eliza,_Valderejoko_Natura_Parkean_3.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - east end - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Pinturas murales Iglesia de San Esteban de Ribera"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 December 2006 by neu [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ribera02.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: PD-self
view of church interior - east end - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption; 'Mural paintings in Church of San Esteban, Ribera de Valderejo, Araba, Basque Country"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theklan, 2005
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 1 May 2005 by Theklan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mural_paintings_in_Church_of_San_Esteban,_Ribera_de_Valderejo.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
view of church interior - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Erriberako San Esteban eliza"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theklan, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 September 2020 by Theklan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erriberako_eliza,_Valderejoko_Natura_Parkean.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - southeast end - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Erriberako San Esteban eliza"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Theklan, 2020
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 September 2020 by Theklan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erriberako_eliza,_Valderejoko_Natura_Parkean_2.jpg] [accessed 26 May 2021]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xaulo Otaegui Balerdi, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph ca. 22 May 2021 by Xaulo Otaegui
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2021)
INFORMATION
FontID: 23322RIB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Esteban Protomártir / Erriberako San Esteban eliza [disused but restored in 2019]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Despoblado Ribera, 01427 Ribera, Álava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Abandoned hamlet located 3-4 km NE of Villafría de San Zadornil [rough road known in the Basque area as Vilamardones Entitatea but appears without a name in Castille-Leon]; it belongs to the concejo de Valderejo, municipality of Valdegovía, right by the border with Castilla-Leon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Añana
Font Location in Church: Inside the disused church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Xaulo Otaegui for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 13thC(?) church; enlarged 14th-15thC; mural paintings of different dates uncovered 1980s; partially restored in 2019
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a tall round tub basin decorated with a ribbed pattern, the rivbs alternating between thin and broad all round; on a plain hemispherical base. No cover present. [NB: at the time our photographs were taken there was no public access to the church interior; the photographs were taken through locked railing gates].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.851, -3.23
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 51′ 3.6″ N, 3° 13′ 48″ W
UTM: 30T 481208 4744294
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining