Cornago

Results: 2 records

LB01: design element - motifs - spur - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

UB01: design element - motifs - moulding - 2

Scene Description: one at each end of the cylindrical stem

INFORMATION

FontID: 14641COR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Pedro
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-283, 85 km from Logroño capital
Font Location in Church: Located on the N side of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [base only] -- 16th century[basin only] -- [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008): composite baptismal font made up of an octagonal basin of the 16th century raised on a round moulded stem and a lower base made up of a large roll moulding at the top, with spurs at 90-degree angles, and a square lower volume; the basin is plain except for thin fillet or moulting all around up the sides, and there is a metal staple left from the cover locking mechanism; the upper rim is much worn [the inside well of the basin appears to be octagonal].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal?
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm* [maximum width]
Basin Total Height: 49 cm*
Height of Base: 45 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

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
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