Leiva de Rio Tiron / Leiva de Río Tirón

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design element - motifs - beaded-tape

Scene Description: very worn, all around

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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 - diagonal

Scene Description: on the cyclindrical stem

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Casco urbano y alrededores. Leiva (La Rioja, España)"

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Pila bautismal Románica de Leiva"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 07752LEI
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Purificación de Santa María
Church Patron Saints: The Purification of St. Mary
Church Location: calle de la Iglesia, 26213 Leiva, La Rioja, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: La Rioja, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the LR-200, S of the Tirón river, 11 km WNW of Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 55 km from Logroño, 60 km from Burgos capital and 62 km from Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Historical Region: Comarca de Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistry chapel, S side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Oja-Tirón workshop [derivative?]
Church Notes: Romanesque church re-built and modified 16th and 18thC
Listed in Bilbao (1996) as being ornamented with a garland/vine. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the late 12th century; its design fits the pattern of those produced by the Oja-Tirón workshop, a hemispherical basin with a runing vine all around, a ribbed pattern on the underbowl, raised on a cylindrical pedestal decorated with torsade pattern, and on a quadrangular (? -- very worn) lower base; the inner basin well is round. No cover present. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 18 November 2020]: "Esta pila bautismal románica se encuentra en la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Purificación, un templo del siglo XVI. Su tipología indica que se ejecutó a finales del siglo XII. Mide 96 cm de altura total x 127 cm de diámetro del brocal. Es de tipología en copa, su pie está formado por una base en forma de toro y un fuste entorchado de gallonado helicoidal. La taza es de gallonado recto poco grueso y rematado en un friso ancho con tallos ondulantes terminados en hojas. Esta vegetación tiene una significación bautismal, el retorno al paraíso, así como la tiene la propia taza en forma avenerada: símbolo de la concha marina."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 496189 4705695

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 127 cm*
Basin Total Height: 48 cm*
Height of Base: 48 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 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
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
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