San Millan de la Cogolla No. 1 / San Millán de la Cogolla
Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 February 2022)
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - columns - columns with capitals
Scene Description: The columns wrap around the underbowl as ribs.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Lozano Huerta, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph February 2022 by Pedro Lozano Huerta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 February 2022)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23783MIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: 26326 San Millán de la Cogolla, Spain
Site Location: La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the LR-436, E of the LR-333, just NW of Ventrosa, 40-45 km WSW of Logroño
Additional Comments: ***PROBLEM IDENTIFYING THE CHURCH -- HAVE ASKED MIKEL/PEDRO FOR HELP**************
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a blind arcade of round arches, the columns, with simple capitals, wrap around the underbowl as ribs that end at a rope moulding at the neck of the base; round base of truncated-conical shape. No cover present but two metal anchoring staples remain at the upper rim of the basin. [cf. BSI entry for San Millan de la Cogolla No. 2 for a composite stoup in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pedro Lozano Huerta for his photographs of this church and font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]