Farga d'Olius

Described by the source as a Romanesque "pica" (Catalan term used for both font and stoup) in the illustration and a 15th century Gothic artifact in the text, though it could very well belong to the same period as the forge in which it is found, the 17th century Farge (forge) d'Olius, 5 kms. off Solsona on the Berga road, in the province of Lerida/Lleida of Spain. The bowl of the stoup is claimed to be a re-worked capitel from the forge chapel; it has a heraldic shield on each side, two of them possibly from the Rodamilans family, and what appear to be a badly eroded head at each corner (Mateu Subira, 1993, p. p. 78 with ill.)