Sant Marti d'Empuries / Sant Martí d'Empúries / San Martín de Empurias
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BBU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
Scene Description: all around the upper basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2002
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reprofuce received May 2002
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2002
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reprofuce received May 2002
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04857MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Martì d'Empuries / Iglesia de San Martín de Ampúrias
Font Location in Church: In its baptistery chapel, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: The same source illustrates also the table of the main altar, a rectangular Romanesque stone ornamented with a blind arcade similar to the one on the font side.
Church Address: Plaça Major, 17130 Sant Martí d'Empúries, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the GIP-6307, right on the Mediterranean coast, in the S tip of the Golf de Roses/Golfo de Rosas, just N of L'Escala, about 18 kms NE of Gerona city
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as a Romanesque cauldron-shaped and base-less baptismal font; the rounded basin is totaly plain except for a blind arcade of round arches without support at the upper rim. It appears to have been drastically cleaned or re-finished of late. Noted and illustrated in Badia-Homs (2007)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for the additional information and image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 509784 4665324
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.139972, 3.118401
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 8′ 23.9″ N, 3° 7′ 6.25″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 11: L'Alt Empordà, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000, p. 57
- Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 7 and ill. on p. 8
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. IX: 468