Posadas / Posatas

INFORMATION

Font ID: 14657POS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[re-tooled?]
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan Bautista, Posadas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: 26289 Posadas, La Rioja, Spain -- Tel.: +34 941 35 40 59
Site Location: Logroño, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-415, 72 km SW of Logroño capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 496838 4676918
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.244444, -3.038333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 14′ 40″ N, 3° 2′ 18″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
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, vol. 2: 531
  • 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, p. 310