Najera No. 2 / Nájera

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14655NAJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de la Inmaculada de Nájera
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Santa Elena, Turza
Church Address: C. San Fernando, 110, 26300 Nájera, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 36 32 98
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Nájera is located off the LR-113, 25-30 km W of Logroño. The abandoned hamlet of Turza is located off the N-120, 27 km W of Logroño capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Additional Comments: moved font / composite font
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004), who suggests a date in the 14th century; this font was first moved from the abandoned parish church of Santa Elena, in Turza, to the Museo del claustro de la catedral in Santo Domingo de la Calzada; from there it was moved in 1975 to the new parish church of La Inmaculada, in Nájera, where it is at present, raised on a later base; somewhat similar to the fonts at Cellorigo and El Collado, in the same area. In the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font dated somewhere between the 12th and 14th centuries, raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal of later date; the plain basin retains two metal staples at its upper rim.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 85 cm*
Basin Total Height: 44 cm*
Height of Base: 66 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: two metal staples at upper rim

REFERENCES

  • Carrasco Terriza, Manuel Jesús, Guía artística de Huelva y su provincia, Huelva; Sevilla: Diputación de Huelva; Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006, p. 311
  • 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, vol. 2: 260