Valganon No. 1 / Valgannon / Valgañón / Valgrañón

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Image Source: digital photograph by Xaulo Otaegi

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2016 by Pedro Martines de Ilarduya

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: damaged probably caused by a metal staple of the old cover cracking open the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien

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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave

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design element - motifs - vine

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2016 by Pedro Martines de Ilarduya

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2016 by Pedro Martines de Ilarduya

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view of church exterior - east view

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view of church interior - organ

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2016 by Txaro Irigoien

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design element - patterns - diaper

design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07824VAL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Early Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Oja-Tirón workshop

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Virgen de las Tres Fuentes [aka Tresfuentes]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, at the W end of the nave, S side

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin

Church Notes: 13thC church

Church Address: LR-111, 6, 26288 Valgañón, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 35 40 59

Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the LR-111, 64 km SW of Logroño capital

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a baptismal font probably of the early 13th century, of a type not uncommon in the boundary area of Burgos-La Rioja: a hemispherical basin decorated with a vine around the upper basin side, and with a ribbed pattern around the underbowl; pedestal base decorated with lozenge/diaper-work. This last source (ibid.) gives the fonts at Baños de Rioja, Santasensio los Cantos, Santurde de Rioja, Ojacastro, Ezcaray and Anguta [now at Valgañón] as cognates. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a good product of the Oja-Tirón workshop, similar en general terms to those at Grañón, Santurde. Ojacastro, Corporales and Cuzcurrita; dated probably from the late 12th century. The inner well of the basin is carved in a concave ribbed pattern. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 23 November 2020]: "En Valgañón encontramos dos pilas bautismales: en el baptisterio la de la propia iglesia [...] y otra procedente de Anguta y situada en el pórtico [...] La de esta iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Tres Fuentes es de finales del siglo XII posee un pie formado por una basa y un fuste corto con rombos que sostiene una copa gallonada rematada por un friso de roleos que encierran hojas. De la pila procedente de Anguta se conserva la copa apoyada sobre un capitel y un basa reutilizados." [cf. Index entry for Valgañón No. 2 for a similar font originally from Anguta]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Martines de Ilarduya, Txaro Irigoien and Xaulo Otaegi for their photographs of this church and font

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 494461 4685031

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round (concave ribbing)

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 125 cm*

Basin Total Height: 62 cm*

Height of Base: 33 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 95 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. 2: 789-790
López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000, p. 105, 117
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. 270-271