Ledesma de Cogolla / Ledesma de la Cogolla

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design element - patterns - scalloped

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 May 1999 by BSI

design element - patterns - torsade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 May 1999 by BSI

view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2005 by Pigmentoazul [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ledesma_de_la_Cogolla_-_Iglesia_de_Santa_María_-_3321149.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2016]

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 30 May 1999 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 02065LED

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 26321 Ledesma de Cogolla, Logroño, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Logroño, La Rioja

Directions to Site: Located off (E) the LR113, 15-16 km S of Najera, 43 km from Logroño

Historical Region: Anguiano

Font Location in Church: Originally stood beneath the choir; it now [1999] stands on the S side of the apse

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sierra de la Demanda or Najerilla workshop or group

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

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Described in Lojendio (1985) as a Romanesque font of the late-12th century font. Listed in Cobreros (1993) as a Romanesque font. Described and illustrated in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000), who suggests a date towards the late 13th century. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) who dates it to the mid-12th century. In the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) with suggested date in the mid-12th century and a possible relation to the font at Villavelayo, and even that would be a stretch. On-site notes: the font is globlet-shaped; the basin has very original scalloped pattern in that it has vertical lines breaking each scale creating a reticular pattern, a fine work indeed; at the upper rim, a roll moulding; the stem of the base has a roll moulding at either end and is ornamented with torsade pattern in between them; the lower base was probably square but is badly damaged, whereas the basin is well preserved; given the size and other characteristics of this font, the late date suggested in López de Silanes Valgañón above would be more reasonable than the 12th-century dates suggested in other sources.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 523253 4685314

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: goblet-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 5-7 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 53-55 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 63-67 cm

Basin Depth: 31 cm

Basin Total Height: 46 cm

Height of Base: 44 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 39 x 42 and 40 x 42

Notes on Measurements: BSI on site

REFERENCES

Cobreros, Jaime, Románico en España (Guías Periplo), Madrid: Incafo, 1993

Fundación Santa María la Real, Enciclopedia del románico en la Rioja, Aguilar de Campoo: Fundación Santa María la Real, Centro de Estudios del Románico, 2008

Lojendio, L. M., Castilla/2, 1985

López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000

Sáenz Rodríguez, Minerva, "Las pilas bautismales del arte románico en la Rioja", Arte medieval en la Rioja: prerrománico y románico. VIII Jornadas de arte y patrimonio regional, Logroño: Instituto de Estudios Riojanos, 2004