Alegría-Dulantzi No. 1 / Alegria de Alava / Alegría de Dulanci / Ayala / Dilance / Dullanzi

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view of font -- upper view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Vista en altura de la copa de la pila bautismal sin motivos decorativos de especial relevancia;"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 08345] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/60732] [accessed 3 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - apse - window - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Detalle de ventanal protogótico en el Santuario de N. S. de Ayala (Alegría-Dulantzi)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 12 September 2010 by Zareteman ][https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alegria-Dulantzi_-_Santuario_de_Ayala_15.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - south porch and portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Santuario de N. S. de Ayala (Alegría-Dulantzi)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph 12 September 2010 by Zareteman ][https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alegria-Dulantzi_-_Santuario_de_Ayala_14.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - south porch and portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Santuario de N. S. de Ayala (Alegría-Dulantzi)"
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Image Source: digital photograph 6 September 2010 by Zareteman ][https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alegria-Dulantzi_-_Santuario_de_Ayala_06.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2024]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Aiarako Andra Maria"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Iñaki LL, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2013 by Iñaki LL [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aiarako_Andra_Maria_1.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior de la Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Ayala, Alegría-Dulantzi."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ondare Irekia, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph 11 February 2024 by Ondare Irekia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ermita_de_Nuestra_Señora_de_Ayala.jpg] [accessed 3 August 2024]
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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "[https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65971] [accessed 10 August 2024] with the following description: "Pila bautismal de la ermita de Nuestra Señora de Ayala [...] pila medieval con decoración de rostros humanos en el ábaco sobre el que se asienta la taza con decoración sencilla" [cf. FontNotes about the discrepancy]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo-Araba, 2024
Image Source: digital image [ES.01059.ATHA.GUE.CD. 06159] of an undated [1940-1960] B&W photograph by López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65971] [accessed 10 August 2024]
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view of stoup

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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/alava_ALEGRÍA-DULANTZI.pdf] [accessed 3 August 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission received from the FSMLR

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25638ALE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Ayala / Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Ayala / Aiarako Andre Maria baseliza
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary
Church Notes: original 13thC parish church of Ayala [disappeared hamlet]
Church Address: Calle Ntra. Sra. de Aiala, 01240 Alegría, Alava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-3140, about 11 km N of the Alegría town centre, 13 km E of Vitoria/Gasteiz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Vitoria
Historical Region: Cuadrilla de Salvatierra / La Llanada Alavesa
Font Notes:
Baptismal font listed and illustrated in López de Guereñu [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/60732] [accessed 3 August 2024]: "pila bautismal del Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Ayala de Alegría. Vista en altura de la copa de la pila bautismal sin motivos decorativos de especial relevancia". Curiously this same source has a photograph of what is probably a holy-water stoup [cf. infra] [https://photo.araba.eus/s/photoaraba/item/65971] [accessed 10 August 2024] with the following description: "Pila bautismal de la ermita de Nuestra Señora de Ayala [...] pila medieval con decoración de rostros humanos en el ábaco sobre el que se asienta la taza con decoración sencilla". The baptismal font -not the stoup- appears to consist of a round basin with some basic decoration below. No cover present and there is some damage to the upper rim. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del románico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/alava_ALEGRÍA-DULANTZI.pdf] [accessed 3 August 2024] describes the baptismal font in the west end: "Dentro de la ermita, en la zona de los pies, se encuentra la pila bautismal, de copa lisa, con una fina incisión semicircular en la parte inferior de la cara frontal. El pie es bajo y simple, con moldura lisa. Junto a la puerta hay un fuste de columna, posiblemente reaprovechado, que sujeta una aguabenditera acanalada posterior, con un capitel que se decora en sus ángulos exteriores con una bola con caperuza y una cara de varón. Los otros ángulos están colocados contra el muro y no se aprecia su decoración." The same source includes an illustration of an interesting holy-water stoup, probably a composite obtect made up of a small round basin decorated with deep conceve ribs, raised on a square-to-round padestal base decorated with four varied motifs, one of them a human face or face; no date given.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 539895 4744582
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.852777, -2.511708
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 51′ 10″ N, 2° 30′ 42.15″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: drain hole is blocked

REFERENCES

  • Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico, Fundación Santa María la Real, 2020+. URL: www.romanicodigital.com.