Vallabriga / Ballabriga

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: framed between two thin rope motifs

BBL01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: a thin one framing the band of ribbed pattern

BBU01: design element - motifs - rope

Scene Description: a thin one framing the band of ribbed pattern

INFORMATION

FontID: 04896VAL
Church/Chapel: Sant Esteve [orig. from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huesca, Aragón
Directions to Site: The municipality of Beranui is located 15 kms WSW from El Pont de Suert, itself accessible from the N-II from Barcelona or from the A-2 and then the A-230.
Font Location in Church: Located 3-4 km N of Beranúy/Veracruz, on the W bank of the Isábena river
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Listed and illustrated in Gavín (1977, v. 2: A. Rib. 49) as a Romanesque baptismal font in the church of Sant Esteve de Vallabriga, in the municipality of Beranui, originally from the old church. The hemispheric basin has a pattern of incised ribs framed by two rope motifs all around; the cylindrical base is plain. Flat wooden cover with metal lock, both probably modern. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, for her help with the particulars of this font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,

REFERENCES

Gavín, Josep M., Inventari d'esglésies [28+ vols.], Barcelona: Arxiu Gavín / Artestudi, 1977-