San Asensio No. 1

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design element - motifs - leaf - in a circle

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design element - motifs - piping

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle

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symbol - star - in a circle

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view of church exterior - souheast view

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Muralla del Castillo de Davalillo, ermita de Nuestra Señora de Davalillo y San Asensio al fondo"

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view of church exterior in context - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Davalillo"

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view of font

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font originally from Davalillo now in use at the east end inside the Iglesia Parroquial de la Ascension de San Asensio [cf. FontNotes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 14662ASE
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Ascension de San Asensio [formerly from the ermita de Nuestra Señora de Davalillo]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin [both churches]
Church Location: [NB: address and coordinates are for Davalillo] Davalillo, San Asensio, 26340, La Rioja, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: La Rioja, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the N-232, 33 km WNW of Logroño. Davalillo is 5 km N of San Asensio
Historical Region: Provincia de Logroño
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a Gothic font with some reminiscences of the Romanesque style of fonts of the area (e.g., the decorated frieze on the basin side and the ribbed underbowl; the side decorations are geometric, some stylised leaves, all inscribed in circles; raised on a squat stem with piping decoration, and a splaing lower base, also round. The font, which is now colourfully painted, was originally from the old rural chapel of Santa María of Davalillo, also known as Iglesia de San Pedro, according to Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 19 November 2020]: "Esta pila bautismal procede del antiguo templo de Davalillo. Es de características góticas pero con rasgos que la delatan como continuadora de la tradición románica: su friso superior decorado y su tipología de copa gallonada. El pie de la pila consiste en una columna interior con cuatro columnillas adosadas sobre una base circular. La taza tiene gallones en su mitad inferior y y un friso con bajorrelieves de flores de cuatro pétalos y estrellas de seis puntas. Ambos motivos están inscritos en círculos. Los gaslllones están polocromados en negro y el friso tiene restos de tonos rojos y verdes."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 521958 4709666

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 106 cm*
Basin Total Height: 59 cm*
Height of Base: 32 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 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