Ezcaray

Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a baptismal font probably of the 13th century, of a type not uncommon in the boundary area of Burgos-La Rioja: a hemispherical basin decorated with a garland or vine around the upper basin side, and with a ribbed pattern around the sides and underbowl; pedestal base. This last source (ibid.) gives the fonts at Baños de Rioja, Santasensio los Cantos, Santurde de Rioja, Ojacastro, Valgañón and Anguta [now at Valgañón] as cognates. Described and illustrated inSáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del Románico en La Rioja (2008). Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 15 November 2020]: "Esta pila bautismal se ubica actualmente junto a la cabecera y puede fecharse a finales del siglo XII. La taza está tallada con gallones anchos y rematada por un friso con una línea ondulada. Son referencias a motivos acuáticos, asociados al bautismo, evocando la Fuente de la vida del paraíso. El pie tiene un fuste con talla helicoidal sobre un plinto cuadrangular con una basa ática con cuatro hojas en las esquinas." The basin does not have the typical vine on its sides, but a broadly ondulating line between two parallel mouldings; the stem has torsade pattern, and the lower base has a round top on a square lower volume. There is considerable damage to the upper rim, probably related to the removal of the old cover staples.