Urdanta nr. Ezcaray

INFORMATION

FontID: 17237URD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de la Ascensión del Señor
Church Patron Saints: The Ascension of Christ
Country Name: Spain
Location: Logroño, La Rioja
Directions to Site: Located in the municpality of, and 5 km from Ezcaray, 4 km from Zaldierna [Coordinates: 42° 16′ 0″ N, 2° 59′ 0″ W 42.266667°, -2.983333° -- UTM 30T 4679385 501375]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, W end of the nave, S side
Date: ca. 1532?
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Sáenz Rodríguez (2004) as a baptismal font consisting of a bucket-shaped basin on a short cylindrical base, both plain; similar to the two fonts at Torrecilla en Cameros [cf. Index entries], of a popular design in the Romanesque period but difficult to date, perhaps as late as the 16th century [NB: Sáenz Rodríguez (ibid.) notes that the date 1532 is suggested in Moya Valgañón's Inventario... (t. IV: 169)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 22 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 72 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Sáenz Rodríguez (2004)]

REFERENCES

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