Aguilar del Rio Alhama / Aguilar del Río Alhama, Santa Maria la Antigua / Nuestra Señora de Valvanera
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Charo Pastor, 2004
Image Source: Charo Pastor [www.aguilarderioalhama.tk]
Copyright Instructions: Permission received (e-mail of June 16, 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09038AGU
Church/Chapel: Ermita de Santa María la Antigua [aka Nuestra Señora de Valvanera]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located in the SE corner of the province, not far from Arnedo
Font Location in Church: Inside the rural chapel, W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Charo Pastor, www.aguilarderioalhama.tk, for the photograph of this font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in López de Silanes Valgañón (2000: 204): plain hemispherical mounted baptismal font. In Sáenz Rodríguez (2004). Described in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a crude baptismal font product of a local stone-mason, perhaps the one who built the chapel itself, in the late 12th or early 13th century. Described and illustrated in the village web site [www.aguilarderioalhama.tk]: A crudely rendered monolithic cup-shaped baptismal font made of stone and belonging to the Romanesque period of the church, the late 12th century; the basin is hemispherical and raised on a short round foot; the whole stands on a broad two-step plinth. The existence of such a font in this church is used as argument for identifying this country chapel [="ermita"] as the original parish church of Aguilar del Rio Alhama. This same source informs that the font was made evident during the recent (1998-2001) restoration.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004), Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008), and www.aguilarderioalhama.tk]
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