Viniegra de Arriba

INFORMATION

FontID: 09031VIN
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 (near Viniegra de Abajo (from it, follow the road across the Hormazal river gorge))
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the 12th century with a plain basin. Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008); the font consists of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical stem, a quadrangular lower base and a plinth of the same shape. Both sources describe it as a crude work of local manufacture.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm*
Basin Total Height: 65 cm*
Height of Base: 27 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 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