Calonge de Segarra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02664CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Fe de Calonge
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche of the S side wall, in the south arm of the transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Faith
Church Address: 08281, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
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 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

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

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, p. 146, 147
  • 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-, vol. XIX: 362, 396-397