Torrecilla en Cameros No. 2 / Torrecilla de Cameros
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design element - motifs - moulding
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view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Church [San Antón] in Torrecilla en Cameros (La Rioja, Spain)"
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view of church exterior - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ermita de San Antón en la localidad de Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja - España"
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view of font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14689TOR
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Expectacion [aka Ermita de San Antón, de la Esperanza, de Villamayor]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: pl./ Campillo, 26100 Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja,
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the N-111, 29 km S of Logroño capital
Historical Region: La Rioja Media
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: a similar font in the other church of this village
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Fundación Santa María la Real [www.romanicodigital.com] for their permission to reproduce content from the Enciclopedia del románico
Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font probably of the 14th century and perhaps made by the same hand as the other font in this village [cf. Index entry for Torrecilla en Cameros No. 1]; the font consists of a plain bucket-shaped basin raised on a moulded circular base and a quadrangular lower base. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) informs that the font was buried up to mid-basin height for some time and the porous limestone is now badly eroded. This same source suggests it was originally from the Iglesia de Santa Maria de Villamayor, one of three churches in this village. No cover present.
COORDINATES
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the other font listed for Torrecilla en Cameros
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm* / **
Basin Total Height: 64 cm* / **
Height of Base: 45 cm* / **
Font Height (less Plinth): 109 cm* / **
Notes on Measurements: * Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) / ** Enciclopedia...
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
