Bergasillas Somera / Someras
INFORMATION
FontID: 09037BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Magdalena [possibly from the Romanesque cemetery chapel]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located about 8-10 km WNW of Arnedo (via Bergasa, Bajera)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Bergasillas Bajera
Font Notes:
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Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000): plain Romanesque baptismal font of the 12th century. Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004), who suggests a date in the 12th century and a possible origin in the abandoned cemetery chapel [dedicated formerly to St. James?], of the same date. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008), which gives its original location as the 13th-century cemetery chapel [the church itself dates from the 16th or 17th century]. The font is in a poor state of conservation, covered in whitewash and cemented to the wall at the foot.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: 23 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 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