Posadas

INFORMATION

FontID: 14657POS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-415, 72 km from Logroño capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 16th century[re-tooled?]
Font Notes:
Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) note a crude baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin raised on a cylindrical pedestal, both very worn and, perhaps re-tooled; these sources suggest the font may be of the same date as the church itself, the 16th century, but it is of a type common in the Romanesque of the area. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) suggests the font may have beem re-tooled.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (basin)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Height of Base: 38 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]

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