Santurdejo

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animal - claw

Scene Description: several [four?]

Image Source: digital image in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 22 November 2020]

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design element - motifs - circle and/or scroll

Scene Description: around the splaying lower base

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of church exterior

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09009SAN

Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Jorge

Church Patron Saints: St. George

Church Location: Calle la Iglesia, 26261 Santurdejo, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 34 15 13

Country Name: Spain

Location: La Rioja, La Rioja

Directions to Site: Located off the LR-413, 2-3 km E of Santurde de Rioja, 7 km S of Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño

Historical Region: Provincia de Logroño

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel at the W end of the nave, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: basin similar to the ones at nearby Zorraquin and Fontaleche

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a Romanesque baptismal font probably of the 12th century with a plain basin, similar to the one at nearby Zorraquin, but this one is mounted on a cylindrical pedestal base and a round-to-square lower base that is adorned with a moulding, circles and claw motifs. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Encilopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) with date to the 12th century. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 22 November 2020]: "La pila bautismal conservada en esta iglesia es muy sencilla: sobre un fuste muy corto posee una copa semiesférica lisa."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 503729 4691759

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 97 cm*

Basin Total Height: 55 cm*

Height of Base: 28 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 83 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

López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000

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