Palau-Saverdera No. 1 / Palau Sabardera
Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2020
Image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
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view of church exterior - apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2015 by Julia Guerra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
view of church exterior - south portal in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © M. Pfeiffer alias Benutzer:Gordito1869, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 6 September 2012 by M. Pfeiffer alias Benutzer:Gordito1869 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Església_de_Sant_Joan_Teilansicht_1.JPG] [accessed 19 September 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2015 by Julia Guerra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © M. Pfeiffer alias Benutzer:Gordito1869, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 6 September 2012 by M. Pfeiffer alias Benutzer:Gordito1869 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Església_de_Sant_Joan_14.JPG] [accessed 19 September 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: the medieval cauldron-shaped font is partially visible semi-hidden by the right pillar
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2015 by Julia Guerra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2005 by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 May 2005)
view of font and cover
Scene Description: NB: the crucifix on the cover is not part of it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 5 May 2005 by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 5 May 2005)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cristina Abril, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2011 by Cristina Abril
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 April 2015 by Julia Guerra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission from the author received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 17 September 2020)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04858PAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de San Juan / Església parroquial de Sant Joan
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Church Location: Plaça de l'Església / Carrer de l'Església, 2, 17495 Palau-Saverdera, Girona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off the GI-610, 2 km SW of Sant Pere de Rodes, 4 km NW of Roses/Rosas
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alto Ampurdán / Alt Empordà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S apsidiole
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the font in the church of Sant Martí in Pau, in the Alt Empordà
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela (www.romanicat.net), to Cristina Abril and to Julia Guerra for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church built between 1022 and 1070; enlarged and modified through 15th-20thC
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as the baptismal font of this church; the illustration shows a large cauldron-like monolithic font of the type often found in this area, on both sides of the Pyrénées; it is located in the south apse chapel and is totally plain, without a base. Noted in Badia-Homs (2007).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.3068, 3.14594
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 18′ 24.48″ N, 3° 8′ 45.38″ E
UTM: 31T 512028 4683851
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 74.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 93.5 cm*
Basin Total Height: 73 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 597)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with raised segment sections; appears modern
REFERENCES
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-