Foncea / Arce / Arcefoncea

Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) reports that the baptismal font of the Romanesque church at Arcefoncea was moved to the church of Santa Maria, Bujedo, Burgos, in 1968; the Arcefoncea church was late-12th, as was the font, and was by then abandoned and in ruins. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) reports that there are several fonts in the monastery gardens in Bujedo, all serving as planters and fountains, and it is not clear whether the Arcefoncea font is there and, if so, which one it is. The Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) notes that the 'Inventario artístico de Logroño y su provincia' (1975) reported the baptismal font from the Foncea was moved to Santa María de Bujedo, in Burgos province; the font from Foncea is described as of the type with a band of vegetal decoration around the basin sides, and a ribbed pattern on the underbowl, a typical example of the workshop of Oja y Tirón; the Enciclopedia... (ibid.), however, notes that of three fonts found now in Bujedo, none have such decoration. It may be assumed lost. The entry for this church in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/restos-arqueologicos] [accessed 15 November 2020] notes: "El templo de Arcefoncea era de la segunda mitad del siglo XII o comienzos del XIII. Constaba de ábside semicircular, presbiterio y nave de dos tramos cubierta con bóveda de cañón apuntada sobre arcos fajones doblados que apoyaban en columnas adosadas a pilastras. También contaba con una sala rectangular en el muro Norte cubierta con bóveda de medio cañón. Hoy sólo quedan en pie los muros de esa sala septentrional y el muro norte de la nave." The entry for the font in the same source [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 15 November 2020] reads: "En la iglesia de Santa María de Arcefoncea hubo una pila bautismal románica. La pila debió conservarse “in situ” hasta 1968, año en que al parecer se trasladó al convento burgalés de Santa María de Bujedo. Era de finales del siglo XII, de tipología en copa gallonada con friso de roleos vegetales ondulantes."