Sajazarra / Saggazahar / Saja

Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2017

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

Results: 9 records

design element - motifs - moulding - 2

Scene Description: at the very bottom of the underbowl

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Sánchez, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2014 by Juan Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

design element - motifs - moulding - 2

Scene Description: showing some damage at the upper rim here

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 October 2016 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Sánchez, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2014 by Juan Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

view of church exterior - portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Sánchez, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2014 by Juan Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the castle and the church, the two salient points in the landscape; at the far right of the image is the modern water tower

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pigmentoazul, 2007

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2007 by Pigmentoazul [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sajazarra_-_2515293.jpg?uselang=es] [accessed 17 February 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: looking into the chancel and the Renaissance retable

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Sánchez, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2014 by Juan Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 October 2016 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: the shape of the rim and inner basin suggest a late date close to the 15th- or 16th-century

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 October 2016 by Txaro Irigoyen

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Sánchez, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2014 by Juan Sanchez

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 February 2017)

INFORMATION

FontID: 14694SAJ
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 26212 Sajazarra, La Rioja, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-302, 14 km from Haro, 56 km from Logroño capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Historical Region: Comarca de Haro
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, at the W end of the nave, N side
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Sanchez and Txaro Irigoyen for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church here documented in 1171, 1172 and 1176
Described and illustrated in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the late-12th century, contemporary with the fabric of the church; it consists of a hemispherical basin with mouldings at both ends, raised on a short cylindrical base. Described in the Enciclopedia del románico en La Rioja (2008) as a plain baptismal font of the type that could date anywhere from the 13th to the 16th century. The general shape and particularly that of the rim and inner basin suggests a later date, closer to the 15th or 16th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.588333, -2.961389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 35′ 18″ N, 2° 57′ 41″ W
UTM: 30T 4715102 503168

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lin
Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm*
Basin Total Height: 43 cm*
Height of Base: 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 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