Valdemadera

INFORMATION

FontID: 14690VAL
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa Maria de la Concepcion
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-390, 100 km from Logroño capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the west gallery, S side
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
In Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) with suggested date in the 13th or 14th century. Described and illustrated in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a baptismal font probably of the date of the church itself, 13th-14th-century, and perhaps the work of the stone-mason responsible for the edifice; it consists of a plain, roughly hemispherical basin raised on a quadrangular pyramidal base, also plain. A basic work of local craftsmanship.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm*
Basin Total Height: 63 cm*
Height of Base: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 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