Morales nr. Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008); baptismal font of the 12th century, the product of a Santo Domigo de la Calzada workshop, which produced fonts in the design patterns of the Oja-Tirón workshop; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a large acanthus (?) vine all around the sides, the underbowl bearing a ribbed pattern; raised on a cylindrical stem with torsade pattern, the round lower base moulded. The inner well of the basin is round. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) notes its similarity with the font at Corporales. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 8 November 2020]: "Las características de esta pila bautismal la sitúan en el entorno del taller de Santo Domingo de la Calzada realizadas a finales del siglo XII. La taza cuenta con un gallo ando vertical y un ancho friso de tallos con hojas carnosas. El pie está compuesto por una basa y un fuste con gallonado diagonal."