Albelda de Iregua No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07748ALB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Martín de Tours [aka La Panera]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Albelda
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Previous Font Location(s): originally from an abandoned hamlet near Villar del Rio, Soria province
Church Notes: The partly rock-church known as La Panera was, according to López de Silanes Valgañón (2000: 176), a chapel of the old Monasterio de San Martín
Church Address: C. de la Constitución, 15, 26120 Albelda de Iregua, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 44 31 62
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-255, E of the N-111, 13 km S of Logroño capital [the old chapel is located opposite the parish church, at the foot of the hill]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Font Notes:
Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a baptismal font of the 13th century. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008), as a baptismal font originally from an abandoned hamlet near Villar del Rio, Soria province, from where it was moved to the new church of Albelda in the 1970s; it is dated in these sources to the 12th century. The hemispherical basin has seven very wide arches containing two human figures holding hands and kissing, a potent Greek cross, a pelican, a saddled horse or donkey, a human figure kneeling before a tree or plant, and holding an ax (?), an eight-petal flower, a seven-branch tree (?); the cylindrical pedestal base is made of three very thick roll mouldings; there is repaired damage at one of the sides of the upper rim, the sort consistent with the removal of hardware from the cover.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 543418 4689605
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.3575, -2.472778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 21′ 27″ N, 2° 28′ 22″ W

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): 84 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 36 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]

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. 1: 123-124
  • López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000, p. 176
  • 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. 296-298