Santo Domingo de la Calzada No. 3

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06805VAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Museum: Museo del claustro de la Catedral, Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Address: C. Cristo, s/n, 26250 Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 34 00 33
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-120, 50-55 km W of Logroño
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Font Notes:
Noted in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004). Noted in the Encilopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as probably a holy-water stoup originally from Valdeosera, although the Enciclopedia… (ibid.) raises the possibility that it might have been the original baptismal font there; it is a hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed apttern below a band of dog-tooth; raised on a short round pedestal base. The Encilopedia… (ibid.) further notes its shape and decoration somewhat resemble those of the font at San Miguel de Robres and suggests a date in the late 12th century. [cf. Index entry for Valdeosera for the font originally from that church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 503823 4698718
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.440775, -2.953521
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 26′ 26.79″ N, 2° 57′ 12.68″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Height of Base: 20 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) gives the measurements of the basin as 24 x 50 cm]

REFERENCES

  • 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, p. 704
  • 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. 296