Calonge de Segarra

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a hexagon

all around
Scene Description: all around

B02: design element - motifs - piping

all around, with inscribed floral motifs atop
Scene Description: all around, with inscribed floral motifs atop

INFORMATION

FontID: 02664CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Fe de Calonge
Church Patron Saints: St. Faith
Church Location: 08281, Barcelona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Off the C-1412 from Calaf to Castellfollit de Ruibregos, make a right at a signalled dirt road; pass la Morera and the Arç stream and then take the left path that leads to the castle of Calonge de Segarra
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche of the S side wall, in the south arm of the transept
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ): tub-shaped baptismal font, perhaps of the 12th or 13th century; the outer sides are ornamented with vertical mouldings that end at the top on a six-petal floral motif or star inscribed in a hexagon, all around, at different levels of height. Noted and illustrated in Bracons Clapés (2007)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.7641, 1.48201
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 45′ 50.76″ N, 1° 28′ 55.24″ E
UTM: 31T 373819 4624699

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 13 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 61 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm
Basin Depth: 41 cm
Basin Total Height: 52 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 396)

REFERENCES

Catalunya romànica 3: l'Alt Penedès, el Baix Penedès, el Garraf, l'Anoia, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999
Amiell, Josep M., "Piques baptismal de la Val d'Aran", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 32-35; p. 37 and ill. on p. 38
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-