Cruilles / Cruïlles
INFORMATION
FontID: 04852CRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [Antiguo monasterio benediction de] Sant Miquel de Cruïlles
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located about 14 km E of the city of Gerona
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1232
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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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)
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
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-