Canillas de Rio Tuerto / Canillas de Río Tuerto

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - intersecting arches

Scene Description: all around down to the underbowl as well
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BBU01: design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: around the upper basin side
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07744CAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the baptistery, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 26325 Canillas de Río Tuerto, La Rioja, Spain
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-206, about 10 km W of Najera, 40 km W of Logroño
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Additional Comments: permission to reproduce the image of the font req'd [5/3/2003) of the web site
Font Notes:
Listed in Bilbao (1996) as one of several Rioja fonts ornamented with vines. Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000), who dates it to the end of the 12th century. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font probably of the late-12th or early-13th century. Hemispherical mounted Romanesque baptismal font dated to the late 12th or early 13th century; the inside of the basin is patterned with concave ribs [16?]; on the outside the upper side has a large acanthus vine all around; below it, all the way down the underbowl, an arcade of round intersecting arches; one of the metal staples of the old cover is still evident on the rim; at the opposite side a damaged part bears witness to the removal of the other staple of the lock. The short culindrical base appears plain. The font is very regular and the ornamentation on it appears the work of a skilled hand. [source: description and illustration in RIOJA MONUMENTAL at www.larioja.com]. Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000), who dates it to the end of the 12th century.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 513145 4694017
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.398333, -2.840278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 23′ 54″ N, 2° 50′ 25″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 118 cm*
Basin Total Height: 61 cm*
Height of Base: 19 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]

REFERENCES

  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 95 fn85
  • 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. 1: p. 236
  • López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000, p. 135
  • 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. 292