Vilanova de la Muga

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BU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

INFORMATION

FontID: 04860VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial de Santa Eulàlia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located about 7-8 km EEN of Figueres, on the GI-6021, half-way between Castello d'Empuries y Perelada
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1994- ) as a baptismal dated to the second half of the 12th century; it is hemispherical with extended almost vertical sides; the underbowl is ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches; the base is very short and narrow, a round pedestal with a moulding, and appears to be part of the same block; the wooden cover is of a much alter date. Noted in Badia-Homs (2007).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 135 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1994- , vol. IX: 624)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no

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-