San Millan de Yuso / San Millan de la Cogolla
Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004
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Results: 3 records
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Garma Ramírez of Arteguias.com [www.arteguias.com/imagenes5/pilabautismalyuso.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2016]
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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David de la Garma Ramírez / ARTEGUIAS, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken by David de la Garma Ramírez of Arteguias.com [www.arteguias.com/imagenes5/pilabautismalyuso.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2016]
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: the 11thC monastery re-built in the 16th, 17th and 18thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © horrapics, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2007 by horrapics [www.flickr.com/photos/84096608@N00/1224808192] [accessed 16 December 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07782YUS
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de San Millan de Yuso [orig. from the pasrih church of San Jorge, in San Millan de la Cogolla]
Church Location: Calle Prestiño, s/n, 26326 San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 37 30 49
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located in San Millán de la Cogolla
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only?] [composite font?], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Oja-Tirón workshop
Cognate Fonts: the font at Gallinero de Rioja and others of the Oja-Tirón workshop
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to David de la Garma Ramírez, of www.arteguias.com, for the photograph of this font
Church Notes: original monastery built 1053; demolished and re-built 16th, 17th and 18thC
Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font consisting of a hemispheric basin of the type produced by the Oja-Tirón workshop, the sides decorated with an acanthus (?) vine, the underbowl with ribbed pattern; this one is raised on a baluster stem uncharacteristic of the type, and a lower base of two volumes, round at the top, square below, probably of later date. It is suggested that this font belonged originally to the Ermita [then Iglesia] of Santa Potamia, in San Jorge or Santurde, a parish within San Millan de la Cogolla, and that it was moved by the abbot Fray Pedro de Arenzana in 1542. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) informs that the font was moved recently [i.e., in 2004] to the baptismal chapel located on the north side, west end, where it now stands next to the 16th-century baptismal font [NB: Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) gives the name of the firm and architect responsible for the restoration of the font: Coresal and Oscar Reinares Fernandez, respectively -- the latter either did not know much about Romanesque font design or chose to break away from the canon by installing a baluster stem base for the old basin]]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.325833,
-2.865
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 19′ 33″ N,
2° 51′ 54″ W
UTM: 30T 511100 4685963
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 98 cm* / **
Basin Total Height: 47 cm* / **
Height of Base: 54 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) / ** Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008)
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
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
