Boralar

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02447BOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: Visigothic
Museum: Museo Arqueologico del Instituto de Estudios Ilerdenses
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Boralar (formerly) (see museum information)
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, Hospital de Santa María, Lérida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Font Notes:
A square sunken font has six columns; the two pairs of columns at front and back are joined by large arches, wheras the three columns on the sides are joined by smaller arches (descriptiones based on ill. in Garcia Brage, 1996, p. 81). It is now in the Museo Arqueologico del Instituto de Estudios Ilerdenses, a building which used to be the Antiguo Hospital de Santa Maria.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.6129, 0.623691
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 36′ 46″ N, 0° 37′ 25″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

  • García Brage, Rosa, Cataluña, Madrid: Electa, 1996, ill. on p. 81