Capsec No. 1

Results: 6 records

B01: design element - motifs - oval

B02: symbol - cross

B03: symbol - cross - Latin

B04: human figure - hand - 2

BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 02321CAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martì de Capsec
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 17858 Capsec, Gerona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Vall de Bianya, about 1 km from Canya, road to Sant Pau de Seguries, Garrotxa region.
Historical Region: Garrotxa
Font Location in Church: The font is now partly built into a corner in the interior of the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Buron (1980: 185). Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 372): monolithic baptismal font probably of the second half of the 12th century; the vat-shaped object is almost cylindrical, the lower ned only slightly narower than the upper; the upper basin side is ornamented with a moulding; towards the lower side of the basin, just a few inches from the bottom, runs a rope moulding all around; stemming from the upper moulding are [L-->R]: an oval motif; a cross motif laid out horizontally; a Latin cross; a pair of human hands; all of them vey worn and in a crude workmanship. The font has a flat wooden cover as well as an open-cage-like wooden structure on it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.233048, 2.471964
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 13′ 58.94″ N, 2° 28′ 19.07″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 13 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm
Basin Total Height: 57 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 67 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 372)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

Buron, Vicenç, Esglésies romàniques catalanes, 2a. ed., Barcelona: Artestudi, 1980
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-