Logrono No. 2 / Logroño

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BBL01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: the 'arcade' is made by the projection of a crenellation on the basin sides

INFORMATION

FontID: 14653LOG
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Sierra de Cameros workshop? [variant]
Noted and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period from Montalbo de Cameros, later moved to Logroño. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008). Baptismal font of the 12th century originally from the church of San Miguel in Montalbo de Cameros, although it was housed in the 'Museo del claustro de la catedral' at Santo Domingo de la Calzada since its first move in 1971; the font is a monolithic bucket-shaped tub with a deeply-carved blind arcade of round arches around its lower half; it is raised on a modern octagonal base, and covered with a round lid, also modern. The font appears to be made of a coarse granite. Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and the Enciclopedia… (ibid.) state that it is the work of the Sierra de Cameros workshop, although its crude design and execution vary significantly from those of the usual fonts characteristic of that workshop (e.g., Gallinero, San Roman or Valdeosera)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 84 - 88 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [a/p Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008)]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Apparatus: no
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