Sant Marti de Solamal No. 1 / Sant Martí de Solamal / Sant Martí de Bianya

Results: 2 records

BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

LB01: design element - motifs

Scene Description: originally four, one at each angle [only one is now visible in the source]

INFORMATION

FontID: 02324SOL
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí de Solamal
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Sant Martí de Solamal 17813, Gerona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 29 07 04
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located 9 km from Olot (follow the road to Sant Pau de Seguries; then footpath for 1/4 hour)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner, under the choir stairs
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Described in Buron (1980: 190-191); described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 379): Romanesque baptismal font probably of the late 12th century; the basin is hemispherical and plain but for a rope motif ornament around the lower basin side; there are perforations visible around the upper basin side and rim that indicate the existence of a font cover on it in the past; the separate base, now badly cracked, is rounded on the upper part and square at the bottom; it originally had four knob or leaf motifs, one at each angle, but some of them are now disappeared [only one is visible in the source]. Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 372) compares the rope ornament on this font to that on the font at Capsec [cf. Index entry for Capsec No. 1]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.220686, 2.426041
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 13′ 14.47″ N, 2° 25′ 33.75″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 69 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 84 cm
Basin Total Height: 55 cm [calculated]
Height of Base: 21.5 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 76.5 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 379)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: perforations around the upper rim indicate there was a cover installed in the past

REFERENCES

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