Casalarreina

Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font of a plain type made in the area between the 12th and the 16th century with little change in design: a plain roughly hemispherical basin raised on a plain pedestal base; in this case the pedestal base is octagonal, and may have been a later addition; the font, though located just outside the entrance to the church, has actually been re-cycled into a water fountain. The Enciclopedia… (ibid.) suggest the font may have been originally form the nearby Ermita de San Roman de Ajugarte, located just south of Casalarreina. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 8 November 2020]: "Esta pila bautismal se encuentra junto a la portada principal de la iglesia de san Martín en Casalarreina. Aunque se deconoce su origen puede proceder de San Román de Ajugarte. Es una pila de tipología en copa y su pie octogonal es moderno. La taza es semiesférica y lisa. Mide 113 cm de diámetro del brocal y 60 cm de altura de la taza."