Oix / Sant Llorenç d'Oix

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04856OIX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de San Llorenç
Font Location in Church: In the interior of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Carrer de l' Església, s/n, 17855 Oix, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 59 11 00
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located NNE of Olot, N of the N-269, not far from Toralles and S. Miquel de Pera
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 267) and in Mestre i Godes (1999, v. 4: 200) as a Romanesque cauldron-shaped baptismal font of the 12th century; rounded cauldron-shaped basin covered with a rustic lid; the lid, which is hinged in its middle and locks on the side of the rim, has nasty-looking point-up nails all over the opening part, as if to keep anyone from sitting of it (?); a square iron flat lock still in use appears inserted in the upper basin side; the only ornamentation on the basin is a flat moulding at the upper basin side; it is raised on a short quadrangular base. The shape and type of font is common enough in this area, on both sides of the Pyrénées.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 461157 4680022
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.271441, 2.528977
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 16′ 17.19″ N, 2° 31′ 44.32″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood (with metal reinforcements)
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Catalunya romànica 10: El Baix Empordà - La Selva, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000, vol. 4: 200
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. IV: 267