Minano Mayor / Mengano / Miñano Mayor / Miñao

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view of church exterior - south porch and portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Lorenzo (Miñano Mayor, Vitoria, Álava)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miñano_Mayor_-_Iglesia_de_San_Lorenzo_03.jpg] [accessed 25 March 2023]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada protogótica de la iglesia de San Lorenzo de Miñano Mayor (Vitoria, Álava)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miñano_Mayor_-_Iglesia_de_San_Lorenzo,_portada_protogótica_1.jpg] [accessed 25 March 2023]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Iglesia de San Lorenzo (Miñano Mayor, Vitoria, Álava)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miñano_Mayor_-_Iglesia_de_San_Lorenzo_01.jpg] [accessed 25 March 2023]

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view of font

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view of font in context

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

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view of stoup in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Portada protogótica de la iglesia de San Lorenzo de Miñano Mayor (Vitoria, Álava)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 19 May 2019 by Zarateman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miñano_Mayor_-_Iglesia_de_San_Lorenzo,_portada_protogótica_3.jpg] [accessed 25 March 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24634MIN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Paroquial de San Lorenzo / San Lorentzo eliza
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Arambea Kalea, 18, 01510 Miñano Mayor, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the N-240, in the municipality and 10 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 century, Transitional? / Early Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: late-Romanesque church; modified 17thC
There is no mention of a font in the entry for this late-Romanesque/early-Gothic church in the Enciclopedia del romanico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_MIÑAO_MIÑANO_MAYOR.pdf] [accessed 25 March 2023]. The baptismal font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin, raised on a short cylindrical base; both pieces devoid of any ornament. There is no cover present but the basin has two anchoring metal staples for an old cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.918206, -2.645396
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 55′ 5.54″ N, 2° 38′ 43.43″ W
UTM: 30T 528941 4751793

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]