Beget No. 2 / Baget

INFORMATION

FontID: 02448BEG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Cristòfol de Beget
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Church Location: Carrer Bell Aire, 2 / Plaça Major, 17867 Beget, Gerona / Girona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located of the GIV-5323, in the municipality and about 10 km W of Camprodon, in the eastern Ripollès area of Gerona, about 23 km N of Olot
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Ripollès, Alta Garrotxa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a corner, beneath the galley, against the S wall
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Early Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: oil font / pica d'oli
Cognate Fonts: The Vall d'Aran has several "oil fonts" of this type (cf. Vielha, Cap d'Aran. Unha, etc.)
Church Notes: Cf. the Index record for Beget No. 1 for more info on the church and its contents.
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya Romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 146) as an 'oil font' ["pica d'oli], this is rectangular font crudely carved from stone and used to store the tythes oil for the illumination of the church in early times. The cognate ones in the Vall d'Aran (Cap d'Aran, Vielha, Unja, etc.) and nearby areas of Catalonia are believed by some to have been used as baptismal fonts in the earlier centuries of the Romanesque period, before pedestal fonts were introduced [NB: this view could, and probably should, be questioned for many of them appear to have been contemporary with the vat-type and pedestal-type fonts of the area].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.32, 2.48
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 19′ 12″ N, 2° 28′ 48″ E
UTM: 31T 457151 4685437

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Total Height: 52 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 52 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 52 x 117 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya Romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 146)

REFERENCES

Centre Excursionista de Catalunya, Ripollès, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-