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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken in August 2011 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
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Image Source: digital photography in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 18 November 2020]
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © juanje 2712, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 June 2007 by juanje 2712 [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Iglesia_de_Ojacastro.jpg] [accessed 31 December 2011]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-4.0,3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
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Scene Description: inside the baptismal chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photography in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 18 November 2020]
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photography in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 18 November 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07544OJA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1190?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Oja-Tirón workshop
Cognate Fonts: several fonts of the same workshop in the area [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Julián y Santa Basilisa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian & St. Basilisa [of Antioque - martyrs - †308]
Church Address: Calle San Pedro, 3, 26270 Ojacastro, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 35 40 59
Site Location: La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the LR-111, 3-4 km NNE of Ezcaray, in the Valle del Alto Oja
Font Notes:
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Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a baptismal font probably of the 13th century, of a type not uncommon in the boundary area of Burgos-La Rioja: a hemispherical basin decorated with a vine [acanthus?] around the basin side, and with a ribbed pattern around the underbowl; pedestal base with round splaying lower base, both moulded. This last source (ibid.) gives the fonts at Baños de Rioja, Santasensio los Cantos, Santurde de Rioja, Ezcaray, Valgañón and Anguta [now at Valgañón]. Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font of the Oja-Tirón workshop; these two sources suggest that this font probably had an inscription below the vine motif, like those at Eterna, Fresneda de la Sierra and Grañón, that would have dated to ca. 1190. The upper rim retains two metal staples for the old cover. The relief is very eroded now. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 18 November 2020]: "La pila bautismal conservada en esta iglesia es de finales del siglo XII. Sobre una basa y un corto fuste descansa una taza con gallones verticales y un friso con motivos vegetales."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 500000 4688638`
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 117 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 45 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: there may have been originally an inscription on the band below the vine [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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, vol. 2: 520-521
- López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000, p. 105
- 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. 268-269