Ventrosa / Ventrosa de la Sierra / Bendosa
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
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Image Source: López de Silanes Valgañón (2000: 136)
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BBU01: design element - motifs - vine - palmette
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Image Source: López de Silanes Valgañón (2000: 136)
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BS01: symbol - heart
Scene Description: one in each of the spandrels of the arcade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © López de Silanes Valgañón, 2000
Image Source: López de Silanes Valgañón (2000: 136)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © López de Silanes Valgañón, 2000
Image Source: López de Silanes Valgañón (2000: 136)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09029VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sierra de la Demanda workshop
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the font at nearby Canales de la Sierra
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Pedro y San Pablo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the LR-113, about 3 km SE of Venta de Viniegra, 74 km from Logroño capital [Coordinates: 42° 9′ 24″ N, 2° 51′ 3″ W 42.156667°, -2.850833° -- UTM 30T 4667182 512323
Historical Region: formerly Soria province
Additional Comments: altered font?
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the second half of the 12th century, and similar to the one at nearby Canales de la Sierra [cf. Index entry for Canales de la Sierra No. 1]: a monolithic vat-shaped basin decorated with a blind arcade of round arches above which runs a vine and palmette motif; the lower volume is a plain cylindrical block that appears modern. This source (ibid.) suggests that the two fonts, may have originated in a Burgos workshop that produced the fonts at Villahizan, Cascajares de la Sierra, Cojobar and Cayuela [cf. Index entries]. In Sáenz Rodríguez (2004), who notes similar relations with some of the fonts above, and dates it to the early or mid-12th century. In the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) with date in the early or mid 12th century, the product of the Sierra de la Demanda area [which may account for the apparent Burgos influence].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm*
Basin Total Height: 56 cm*
Height of Base: 46 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008)]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with wide handle
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: 793-794
- López de Silanes Valgañón, F. J. Ignacio, Rutas románicas en La Rioja, Madrid: Encuentro, 2000, p. 136, 137
- 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. 254-255