Muro de Cameros / Muro en Cameros

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02268MUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sierra de Cameros workshop
Cognate Fonts: other fonts of similar design and style at Jalon de Cameros and Laguna de Cameros
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Margarita
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Address: Calle Iglesia, 10, 26134 Muro en Cameros, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 46 41 35
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the LR250, 45-50 km S of Logroño capital (follow the LR250 S to Jalon de Cameros; there, turn right and, at the forking, stay on the left to Muro de C.)
Additional Comments: moved font (within the church)
Font Notes:
Described in López Domech (1985) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period ornamented with a potent cross on its side. Listed in Cobreros (1993) as a Romanesque font. López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) describes this font as somewhat in the style of that at Laguna de Cameros, but with the added symbol of an inscribed pattée cross. Noted and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period from the Sierra de Cameros workshop; this author (ibibd.) also informs that the font was originally located in a chapel beneath the tower, but was moved to its present location at the west end of the nave in 1621. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font of the Sierra de Cameros workshop, in the same style as those at Jalon and Laguna de Cameros, though it lacks the human figures of the others, and adds one of a fantastic animal instead; dated to the mid-12th century; like the others, it shaped somewhere between a tub and a hemispheric basin the sides of which are decorated with an arcade of mixed horseshoe and round arches, as well as the potent cross and the fantastic animal mentioned above; below those it has a band of circle motifs; it is raised on a round base with ball decoration and a moulding; on a two-step plinth; there are two metal staples on the upper rim, that fit a flat wooden cover. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) informs that the font was located in the 'Capilla de la Cruz' until 1621, at which time it was moved to its present location at the west end of the nave.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.224722, -2.529444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 13′ 29″ N, 2° 31′ 46″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 73 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Height of Base: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008)]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Cobreros, Jaime, Románico en España (Guías Periplo), Madrid: Incafo, 1993, p. 381
  • 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, vol. 2: 457-458
  • López Domech, Ramón, Románico de Vizcaya, Bilbao: Caja de Ahorros Vizcaína, 1985, p. 54
  • López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000, p. 170
  • 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, p. 243, 244, 296