Salinillas de Buradon / Gatzaga Buradon / Salinillas de Buradón
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Results: 7 records
view of font or stoup
design element - motifs - roll moulding
view of basin - upper view
design element - motifs - groove
view of church interior - looking east - chancel arch, chancel and east end
design element - patterns - ribbed - concave - ribs framed in round arches
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26174IRJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century (?) [basin only?], composite font
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción de Salinillas de Buradón / Gatzaga Buradongo Andre Maria Sortzez Garbiaren Eliza
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): The Immaculate Conception of St. Mary
Church Notes: 13thC church may have replaced an earlier one of the 10thC; present church chiefly 16thC with later modifications
Church Address: Pl. la Iglesia, 01212 Salinillas de Buradón, Álava, Spain
Site Location: Alava / Araba, País Vasco / Euskadi, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A-4106, E of the N-124, in the municipality of Labastida, 8-10 km N of Haro
Historical Region: La Rioja Alavesa
Additional Comments: composite font (made up with unmatched parts)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salinillas_de_Buradón
Font Notes:
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The present font in use appears to be a composite object consisting of a roughly-hemispherical basin de corated with a roll moulding and a ribber pattern all around; it has a series of odd oval indentations or grooves in the upper rim surface; raised on a pedestal base. Plain wooden font cover.
[cf. BSI record 07582BUR for the font in the paleochristian site nearby]
[cf. BSI record 07582BUR for the font in the paleochristian site nearby]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Txus Torre Ochoa for his photographs of the fonts in this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 513724 4720232
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.634414, -2.832611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 38′ 3.89″ N, 2° 49′ 57.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern