Luna in Cuartango
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Luna herria (Kuartango), atzean Arkamu mendilerroa"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 9 December 2016 by Asier Sarasua Garmendia, Assar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luna_herria_(Kuartango)_atzean_Arkamu_mendilerroa_(cropped)_-_church.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2024]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fundación Santa María la Real, 2024
Image Source: digital image in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/LUNA.pdf] [accessed 1 August 2024]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08464] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65991] [accessed 2 August 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25630LUN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de San Andrés Apóstol / Lunako San Andres eliza
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Luna Entitatea, 3, 01439 Luna, Alava, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi
Directions to Site: Located off tye A-3316, in the municipality of Cuartango, about 30 km WNW of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: present building is a mid-18thC replacement of the medieval church
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65991] [accessed 1 August 2024]: "Pila bautismal de la iglesia de San Andrés en Luna. Vista frontal de una pila bautismal; su copa, lisa, se apea en una columna sin decorar con simples molduras en lo alto y lo bajo de la misma. La base es cuadrada y presenta ensanchamientos superpuestos en sus cuatro ángulos". The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/LUNA.pdf] [accessed 1 August 2024] notes and illustrates its baptismal font: "Conserva esta iglesia una sencilla pila bautismal medieval. Su copa, lisa, apea en un pie sin decorar, con simples molduras en las partes superior e inferior. La base, cuadrada, presenta ensanchamientos superpuestos en sus cuatro ángulos."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.88996, -2.979822
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 53′ 23.86″ N, 2° 58′ 47.36″ W
UTM: 30T 501648 4748595
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. Accessed: 2024-08-01 00:00:00. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.