Llorenc del Penedes / Llorenç del Penedès
Results: 13 records
B01: human figure - head
B02: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle
B03: design element - motifs - leaf - palm - 2
B04: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 2 arches
B05: design element - motifs - plant
B06: design element - architectural - arch? - 2
B07: design element - architectural - column - 3
Scene Description: framing the next two motifs between them
B08: design element - patterns - reticular
B09: sdesign element - motifs - floral - 4-petal - in a circle
B10: animal - bird - dove? or peacock?
Scene Description: facing left
B11: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle - webbed tips
BBU01: design element - motifs - piping
Scene Description: near the upper rim, on the basin side
BBU02: design element - motifs - rope moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02663LLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Llorenç
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a small chapel to the left of the main entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Carrer Vidal i Barraquer, 1, 43712 Llorenç del Penedès, Tarragona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 977 67 73 31
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the road between Vendrell and Sant Jaume dels Domenys, 7 km from Vendrell, and accessible via the A-7
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 75, 244-245): baptismal font probably of the 11th or 12th century; bucket-shaped basin mounted on a modern pedestal base; the upper basin side is ornamented with a band of motif resembling crenellation or very short vertical mouldings; right below it a rope moulding; the sides proper have a number of motifs described thus in this source [L-->R]: 1)human head with no particular distinguishing features; 2)six-petal floral motif in a circle; 3)two palm leaves; 4)two-arch arcade; 5)plant motif; 6)arches?; 7)column; 8)reticular pattern; 9)column; 10)four-petal floral motif in a circle; 11)column; 12)dove or peacock?; 13)six-petal floral motif with webbed tips, in a circle. The basin has some damage at the upper rim and sides; a plain flat wooden cover, modern, appears on it.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 378758 4571306
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.2841, 1.55217
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 17′ 2.76″ N, 1° 33′ 7.81″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 11.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 82 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 107 cm [103 cm*]
Basin Depth: 46 cm [estimated in the source]
Basin Total Height: 58 cm *[60 cm]
Height of Base: 50 cm [calculated]
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm
Notes on Measurements: Cruañes-Virella (1984: 60, 61) [repr. in Cat. Rom., ibid.,:527] *[Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 244)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 3: l'Alt Penedès, el Baix Penedès, el Garraf, l'Anoia, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999, p. 223
- Cruañes i Oliver, Esteve, Piques baptismals d'immersió del Penedès i el seu entorn, Vilafranca del Penedès: Museu de Vilafranca, 1984, p. 60, 61
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIX: 75, 244-245, 527