Vilabertran / Vilabertrán
Image copyright © Julia Guerra Aranda, 2008
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 September 2015)
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view of church exterior - cloister
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carletes, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 June 2010 by Carletes [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_de_Vilabertran_(_claustro_).jpg] [accessed 5 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0-ES
view of church exterior in context - east view
Scene Description: the church in the context of the monastry complex
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Renalias Lohen11, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 December 2007 by Josep Renalias Lohen11 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_de_Vilabertran_-_Absis.JPG] [accessed 5 September 2015]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Scene Description: the church in the context of the monastry complex
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Renalias Lohen11, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 December 2007 by Josep Renalias Lohen11 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_de_Vilabertran_-_General.JPG] [accessed 5 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Renalias Lohen11, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 December 2007 by Josep Renalias Lohen11 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Maria_de_Vilabertran_-_Absis_Interior.JPG] [accessed 5 September 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Julia Guerra Aranda, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 August 2008 by Julia Guerra Aranda
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 September 2015)
INFORMATION
FontID: 05907VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Monasterio de Santa María de Vilabertrán / Monestir de Santa Maria de Vilabertran
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 17760 Vilabertrán, Gerona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the C-252, just N of Figueras/Figueres
Historical Region: Alt Empordà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a corner, W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Julia Geurra Aranda for her photograph of this font
Church Notes: original rural church pre-1066; Augustine cloister ca. 1080, consecrated 1100;
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as a plain monolithic baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the basin part is cauldron-like, not quite hemispheric, and the base part is cylindrical, both totally plain; there is a metal ring around the upper basin side, but it may be just part of the font cover frame; the cover itself is flush with the edge, flat and plain. The font is noted in Badia-Homs (2007).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.28215, 2.979046
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 16' 54" N, 2° 58' 45" E
UTM: 31T 498272 4681104
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm
Basin Total Height: 67 cm [calculated]
Height of Base: 27 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 889)
REFERENCES
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-