Vilamos No. 1 / Vilamós
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed June 1999
INFORMATION
FontID: 02397VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Santa Mare de Deu / Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off the N-230, in the Vall d'Aran, N-W of Viella/Vielha
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Location in Church: Built into the back corner of the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: a large round basin -halfway between hemispherical and cylindrical- has been raised on a pile of rubble and cemented into a corner at the back of the church, on the north side, and whitewashed. We were told that it had been used as storage for the tithe oil; it sits now [June 1999] full of junk. [NB: no reference to this font found any of the regular sources for this valley]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm
Basin Depth: 40-45 cm
Basin Total Height: 55 cm
Height of Base: 38 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI [NB: all measurements are approximate since it is practically built into a wall]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain lid hinged 2/3 back on the rim