Llado No. 1 / Lladó / Lledo / Lledò d'Empordà

Results: 4 records

B01: animal - bird - eagle - fighting - 2

BBU01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: curled leaves, a/p illustration in Mestre i Godes (1999, v. 4, p. 164)

BBU02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - crossing arches

Scene Description: a/p illustration in Mestre i Godes (1999, v. 4, p. 164)

BBU03: design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: a/p illustration in Mestre i Godes (1999, v. 4, p. 164)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04854LLA
Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located on the GI-52 39, N of the N-260, about half-way between Figueres in the E and Besalu in the W
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the right side of the entrance door
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: The church is a former Augustinian monastery
Described and illustrated in Mestre i Godes (1999, v. 4, p. 164) as one of two recycled Romanesque capitals, originally from the cloister of the old Augustinian monastery, now being used as holy-water stoups; they are wall-mounted on either side of the entrance to the church. This one, on the right side, is ornamented with a blind arcade of crossing round arches on the astragale on which is a large rosette; below it two large curled leaves; the main body of the capital is made up of two eagles in a fight. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 541)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: capital
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: capital

REFERENCES

Catalunya romànica 10: El Baix Empordà - La Selva, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000
Catalunya romànica 11: L'Alt Empordà, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-