Bergasillas Bajera

INFORMATION

FontID: 14633BER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santiago

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Country Name: Spain

Location: Logroño, La Rioja

Directions to Site: Located besides Bergasillas Somera, 48 km from Logroño capital

Century and Period: Medieval

Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Bergasillas Somera [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) as a weird rustic work that may be a bad copy of the font at nearby Bergasillas Somera. In the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm*

Basin Total Height: 17 cm*

Height of Base: 69 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 86 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