Villalba de Rioja

Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) and in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008): a baptismal probably of the 13th century, not connected stylistically to any of the Rioja workshops; it consists of a plain, roughly hemispherical basin raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base and a lower base formed by an upper round volume with leaves at 90-degree angles; there may be a square lower volume but it is currently embedded in the flooring. Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) notes that the font, which is now located in a chapel on the north side of the nave, was located earlier at the west end of the nave, on the south side; this author further remarks that the font appears to have been re-tooled. Noted and illustrated in Rioja Románica [https://www.riojaromanica.com/categorias/pilas-bautismales#] [accessed 23 November 2020]: "Esta pila es románica del siglo XIII y contemporánea al inicio de la construcción de la iglesia de San Pelayo en que se encuentra. Está situada en la última capilla del lado del evangelio aunque antes estaba ubicada a los pies de la iglesia en el lado de la epístola. Es de tipología en copa. Tiene un pie de basa ática con cuatro hojitas lanceoladas en las esquinas. Tiene un fuste cilíndrico y una taza semiesférica."