Santa Maria de Miralles

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02668SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria del Castell
Font Location in Church: In a niche under the choir, W wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 08787, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Take the B-213 from Igualada to Valls; about 10 kms from Igualada, take a signalled dirt road to the right. (Catalunya romanica 3, 1999)
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 514, 528): baptismal font in fairly late style [or re-carved at the time of restoratin of the church in 1948]; octagonal and without ornamentation. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984) [NB: although the font appears, as indicated, in late style, the measurements suggest an earlier dating and re-carving]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 377141 4595310
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.5, 1.528
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 30′ 0″ N, 1° 31′ 40.8″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Rim Thickness: 8 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 88 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 104 cm
Basin Depth: 49 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 528), after Cruañes-Virella (1984)

REFERENCES

  • Catalunya romànica 3: l'Alt Penedès, el Baix Penedès, el Garraf, l'Anoia, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999, p. 202-204
  • Cruañes i Oliver, Esteve, Piques baptismals d'immersió del Penedès i el seu entorn, Vilafranca del Penedès: Museu de Vilafranca, 1984
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIX: 514