Arenzana de Arriba
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B01: cleric - bishop - seated - wearing mitre - with staff - giving benediction
Scene Description: or an abbot?
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 January 2010 by juanopablofrias [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Pila_bautismal_de_la_parroquia_de_Arenzana_de_Arriba_%28La_Rioja,_Espa%C3%B1a%29.JPG] [accessed 13 March 2010]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 16152ARE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N-120, a few kms SE of Najera, 27 km WSW of Logroño capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1550?
Century and Period: 16th century(mid?), Gothic
Font Notes:
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Monolithic baptismal font of hexagonal or octagonal shape of the type without clear division between the basin and base; thick mouldings decorate the upper side of the basin, the columns at the angles continuing down to frame the arches in which are a number of figures: a mitred bishop or abbot holding his staff in the left hand, the right hand raised in benediction [***to be completed: other figures could be St Andrew's crucifixion, Passion of Christ, etc.]; the font has many holes or cavities on the upper rim [why? what for?]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal