Robres del Castillo No. 2

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

INFORMATION

FontID: 09036ROB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Miguel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located on the LR-261(follow the LR-261 S from Murillo de Rio Leza for about 9 km, just past Jubera)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the W gallery
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Medieval [composite]
Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000) as one of two baptismal fonts of the 13th century, both with basins decorated with ribbed pattern. Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a basin of a Romanesque baptismal font now kept at the west end of the Iglesia de San Miguel, Robres del Castillo; not know whether the font is from the Ermita de Santa Maria, also in Robres, or one of the surrounding hamlets now abandoned. The hemispherical basin actually has a more sophisticated [just!] design than the main font, as its ribbed pattern is actually carved and well-defined, however damaged. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) dates it to the late-12th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm*
Basin Total Height: 38 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