Agoncillo

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Results: 5 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - round arches
Scene Description: not clear whether the arches contain ribs or other motifs [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zarateman, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 February 2010 by Zarateman [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Church_of_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_la_Blanca,_Agoncillo] [accessed 15 March 2010]
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R01: design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior
view of font
INFORMATION
FontID: 16155AGO
Church/Chapel: Iglesia parroquial de Nuestra Señora la Blanca
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located on the A-68/N232, 14 km ESE of Logroño capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel, off the SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: [NB: the only available date on the church is an inscription on the south wall; it appears to be related to the completion of some work in the church, and bears the date 25 March 1526 [http://www.aytoagoncillo.org/Iglesia-Parroquial-de-Nuestra.347.0.html] ][accessed 15 March 2010]]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font with a round basin of tapering sides decorated with a moulding at the upper rim, and an arcade of round arches with inscribed ribs (?) in them below; some damage, now repaired, to the upper rim. Appears medieval, perhaps earlier than the fabric of the church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round