Cruilles / Cruïlles

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04852CRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1232
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: [Antiguo monasterio benedictino de] Sant Miquel de Cruïlles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: 11thC Benedictine monastery; modified 16th and 17thC
Church Address: Diseminado Cruilles, 1, 17117 Sant Miquel de Cruïlles, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GI-664, about 14 km E of the city of Gerona
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Baix Empordà
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ): Romanesque baptismal font from the old Benedictine monastery church; it is bucket-shaped, monolithic and of simple design; it has an inscription on the upper basin side: ": 1232 : FONS". Ditto in Badia-Homs (2007)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 500391 4644666
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.953974, 3.00472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 57′ 14.3″ N, 3° 0′ 16.99″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 115 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 65 cm

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: upper basin side
Inscription Text: ": 1232 : FONS"
Inscription Source: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VIII: 290)

REFERENCES

  • Catalunya romànica 10: El Baix Empordà - La Selva, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000, p. 46
  • Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 8
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VIII: 290