Viniegra de Abajo

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Results: 4 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BBU01: design element - motifs - garland
CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 09030VIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the LR-113, about 4 km S of Venta de Viniegra [aka Venta de Goyo], 50 km from Najera, 74 from Logroño capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, S side [originally from the old church]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Valle del Najerilla workshop
Cognate Fonts: Santurde de Rioja, Anguta, Ezcaray and other such fonts in this area
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000): Romanesque baptismal font of the early 13th century; hemispherical basin decorated with a rather simple or geometrical vine around the side, followed down by a broad ribbed pattern all round the lower side and underbowl; cylindrical pedestal base decorated with a roll moulding at the top, and raised on a lower base made of a large round moulding on a short square lower volume. The wooden cover is modern, flat and plain. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008), with date in he late-12th or early 13th century; they attribute this font to a workshop that operated in the Valle del Najerilla, the fonts of which follow the general designs of the Oja-Tirón fonts, but the vine or garland is more stylised or geometrical, the bases simpler.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: 43 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
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