Cuzcurrita de Rio Tiron / Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón

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animal - claw - 4

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail

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view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

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view of church exterior in context - south view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07746CUZ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel [formerly at the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Sorejana aka Iglesia de Santa María de Sorejana]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [patron saint of the ermita]
Church Location: Diseminado Cuzcurrita, 27, 26214 Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón, La Rioja, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: La Rioja, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-201, 51 km from Logroño capital. The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Sorejana is located 2-3 km from Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Cuzcurrita, in the presbitery, N side [originally it was located in the W end of the nave, N side, in the Sorejana chapel]
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Oja-Tirón workshop? [derivative?]
Cognate Fonts: Corporales, Santurde, Ochánduri, Grañón and other fonts of the Oja valley -- concave ribbed pattern in the inner well, as in the font at Gallinero de Rioja, with which it shares general -but not identical- lines of design
Described in Cobreros (1993) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; large basin ornamented with a vine around the upper basin side; the rest of the basin covered in very thick ribbed pattern on the outside; the inside well has concave ribbing pattern; plain short round stem; round lower base with claws at 90-degree angles. Listed as a baptismal font ornamented with a garland in Bilbao (1996). López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) dates it to the late 12th or early 13th century and gives the fonts at Ochánduri, Grañón and other fonts of the Oja valley as cognates. Described and illustrated Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008), which inform that this font came from the nearby Ermita de Santa Maria de Sorejana. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) suggests comparisons with several other fonts of the area [cf. supra]. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) that, even if this font were not a direct product of the Oja-Tirón workshop, it shares many of the characterics. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 15 November 2020]: "Está pila bautismal fue trasladada en el año 2002 de la ermita de Santa María de Sorejana a la iglesia de San Miguel, un templo construido en el siglo XVIII. Es una pila del siglo XIII que mide 79 cm de altura total x 129 cm de diámetro del brocal.Se compone de una basa, con garras en las esquinas y un pie cilíndrico muy corto, y de una copa algo achaparrada con gallones muy gruesos, tanto en el exterior como en el interior. Está rematada con una cenefa de vástagos serpenteantes que encierran en sus ondas hojas carnosas simétricas de las que surgen otras lobuladas."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.5367, -2.9812
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 32' 12.1" N, 2° 58' 53.0" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 129 cm*
Basin Total Height: 54 cm*
Height of Base: 25 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 79 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
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
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