Minano Menor / Mengano Goien / Miñano Menor / Miñao Gutxia / Miñaogutxia

Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image and permission recevived from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: all around the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission recevived from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
design element - motifs - flat moulding
design element - patterns - torsade
Scene Description: on the short base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission recevived from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
view of church exterior in context
view of font
Scene Description: the metal bar leaning on the right wall is part of the font cover locking hardware
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 25 March 2023 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission recevived from the author (e-mail of 25 March 2023)
INFORMATION
FontID: 24633MIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Vicente Mártir / San Bizente Martiria Miñaogutxiko eliza
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent of Saragosse
Church Location: Miñano Menor Entitatea, 601510 Miñano Menor, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off the A-3604, N of the AP-1, in the municipality and 12 km N of Vitoria / Gasteiz city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Alfoz de Ubarrundia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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The baptismal font here is not mentioned in the entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del romanico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MIÑANO_MENOR_MIÑAO_GUTXIA.pdf] [accessed 25 March 2023]. Baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with ball motif on the upper rim, and a flat moulding right below; the short pedestal base is decorated with a torsade pattern; two metal anchoring staples still on the upper rim, and there is a metal bar that wroks with them to lock the cover. Wooden cover, flat, round and plain. modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.923434, -2.669422
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 55′ 24.36″ N, 2° 40′ 9.92″ W
UTM: 30T 526978 4752365
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (base)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: moedern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]