Riaza, Santa Maria de Riaza / Santa María de Riaza

Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Results: 33 records

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - horseshoe arches

Scene Description: several of them, sequential

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1999 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1999 by BSI

design element - patterns - nested chevrons

Scene Description: rounded, like palmettes, but not uniformly everywhere

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1999 by BSI

human figure

Scene Description: only part of it remains: head in profile looking left, arms raised

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: detail of a digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1999 by BSI

sacrament - eucharist?

Scene Description: is it a priest at the altar?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2014 by Antonio Daban] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

unidentified

Scene Description: only a fragment at the very top, and a detail below looking like a fruit motif remain of whatever the decoration was in this panel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2014 by Antonio Daban] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: the human head in the possible Eucharist scene

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Quique Segura, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by Quique Segura

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 June 2016)

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2010 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SantaMaríaDeRiaza13.JPG] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church exterior - south portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rowanwindwhistler, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2010 by Rowanwindwhistler [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PortadaDeLaIglesiaDeLaNatividadSantaMaríaDeAyllón-rectangular.jpg] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2014 by Antonio Daban] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church interior - nave - ceiling

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2014 by Antonio Daban] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antonio Dabán Royo, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 March 2014 by Antonio Daban] [accessed 17 June 2016]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 15 June 2016)

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 20 June 2020)

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Massacre of the Innocent

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Miracle of the Harvest -- detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Massacre of the Innocent

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Miracle of the Harvest

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Miracle of the Harvest

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Miracle of the Harvest

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Miracle of the Harvest

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of church interior - wooden panel - detail

Scene Description: Miracle of the Harvest

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2010

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 5 October 2008 by David de la Garma Ramírez, Arteguias.com

Copyright Instructions: Standing Permission

view of font

Scene Description: side with the horseshoe arches

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1999 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: side with the square arches or panels

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1999 by BSI

view of font - upper view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2005

Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Grama [www.arteguias.com]

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce (e-mail 24/9/2003)

view of font in context

Scene Description: fruit-like motif at the bottom, much klike the other two in the arch to the left; what is at the top?

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Quique Segura, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2009 by Quique Segura

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 June 2016)

view of font in context - west side

Scene Description: notice the different columns used as partitions or frames for the panels; notice also the change in the pattern of the nested-chevron like motifs moving left from the column on the right

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Quique Segura, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 June 2009 by Quique Segura

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 June 2016)

INFORMATION

FontID: 01146RIA
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Natividad in Santa María de Riaza [aka Nuestra Señora de la Natividad]
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: Plaza Mayor, 23, 40500 Riaza, Segovia, Spain -- Tel.: +34 921 55 01 66
Country Name: Spain
Location: Segovia, Castilla y León
Directions to Site: Located off the N-110, in the municipality of [since 1970] and 2 km from Ayllón, 45 km SE of Aranda de Duero, 92 km from Segovia capital, 99 from Soria capital [the church key is kept at the parish church in nearby Ayllón]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Segovia
Historical Region: Nordeste de Segovia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, by the altar, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque? / Visigothic? / Mozarabic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma [www.arteguias.com], to Quique Segura and to Antonio Daban Royo, for their additional photographs of this church and font -- We are also grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of Arteguias.com, for his photographs of the painted wooden panels in this church
Church Notes: original church 13thC -- Painted wooden panels from the medieval ceiling hang on the walls in the apse. They appear to be dated to the 13th century. There is one scene of the "Miracle of the Harvest" following a depiction of Herod seated on a throne.-- photographs kindly supplied by David de la Garma @ Arteguias.com
Garma Ramírez (1998: 146) mentions it as being Visigothic or Mozarabic, cut from a single block of limestone and having some sort of arcade on it. Also in Santamaria (1988: 158). The Historia de la Diócesis [www.diocesiscastillayleon.org] as being of Mozarabic influence. On-site notes: a tub-like, cylindrical baptismal font, now raised on three (?) blocks that are probably modern; it has a moulding at the upper rim and a band of curved lines [like nested chevrons] imitating palmettes just below it; there are eleven arches, some square, others Mozarabic; there are remains of one figure standing on a high platform in one of the square arches; in the next arch or panel to the right there is also a fragment of whatever decorated it; in the last square arch/panel to the right, just before the pattern switches to Mozarabic arches, there appear to be a human figure at an altar; is it a rendering of the Eucharist? The metal staples of the lid are still in place at the upper rim. Quique Segura [www.amigosdelromanico.org/inventario/fichas/espana/segovia/santamariaderiaza_lanatividad.html] [accessed 17 June 2016] writes: "Parece que mucho se ha discutido sobre la pila de La Natividad. Algunos autores la datan en periodo mozárabe o incluso visigodo, pero otros no consideran que esté justificado atribuirle tanta antigüedad y la remiten a finales del siglo X o principios del XI. En cualquier caso es una pieza ciertamente arcaica y de tosca belleza. La copa tiene unas dimensiones de 112x78 cm y se decora de forma un tanto caótica. Toda la zona superior está recorrida por una moldura abocelada y por una especie de onda. Más abajo, el perímetro de la copa se divide en diez recuadros que acogen varios arcos de herradura, uno de ellos doblado hacia abajo formando un ocho, varias piñas, una cabecita humana, botones, bolas etc. Aunque la pila no tenía pie se le ha proporcionado uno moderno. El hecho de que la pila sea claramente mucho más antigua que el resto de la iglesia nos hace sospechar de la previa existencia en este mismo lugar de otro templo, aunque no me consta que se haya encontrado rastro alguno de él."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.414604, -3.40662
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 24′ 52.57″ N, 3° 24′ 23.83″ W
UTM: 30T 466018 4584863

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 89 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 111 cm
Basin Depth: 62 cm
Basin Total Height: 80 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and plain; modern

REFERENCES

Burgo de Osma, Ciudad de Seis Pisos, Burgo de Osma: Las Edades del Hombre, 1997
Garma Ramírez, David de la, Rutas del románico en la provincia de Segovia, Valladolid: Castilla Ediciones, 1998