Mager / Sant Pere de Màger / Vilademager / Vilademàger

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02665MAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1160?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font?
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Pere de Màger
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Paratge del Castell (La Llacuna), Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Llacuna, to the east of town, in the Anoia region
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ): bucket-shaped basin, plain except for a flat moulding at each end, top and bottom; the base is square and has remains of polychromy (ochre and black), as well as some motifs in high-relief: one side has four tiny shield-like motifs; another has foliage-like motrifs, etc.; the lower end has a knob motif at each angle. Of difficult dating, especially if those motifs are shields, though it otherwise follows medieval patterns. Serra Sanmiquel (2007) suggests the date 1160, the same year in which the original church was renovated.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 378950 4592260
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.472809, 1.550276
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 28′ 22.11″ N, 1° 33′ 1″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 11.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 87 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm
Basin Depth: 60 cm
Basin Total Height: 85 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 432), from Cruañes-Virella (1984: 89-90)

REFERENCES

  • Catalunya romànica 3: l'Alt Penedès, el Baix Penedès, el Garraf, l'Anoia, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999, p. 166-169
  • Cruañes i Oliver, Esteve, Piques baptismals d'immersió del Penedès i el seu entorn, Vilafranca del Penedès: Museu de Vilafranca, 1984, p. 89-90
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIX: 362, 432, 528
  • Serra Santmiquel [sic], Joan, "Dues piles baptismals romàniques molt particulars", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 18-19; p. 19 and ill. on p. 19