Llado No. 2 / Lladó / Lledo / Lledò d'Empordà
INFORMATION
FontID: 04855LLA
Object Type: Stoup
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 left side of the entrance door
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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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 left side, has a large interlaced foliage motif resembling a trefoil. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 542). [NB: it is not clear whether or not this is the 'font' referred to in Badia-Homs (2007) -- to be resolved]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
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
Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 7
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-