Albons / Sant Cugat d'Albons

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: without columnar support

CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

R01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 05909ALB
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Cugat
Church Patron Saints: St. Cucuphas [aka Coulgat, Cucufas, Cucufate, Cugat, Culgat, Qaqophas, Quiquenfat]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located 3 km southwest of L'Escala
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove of the S side, in the W end, near the entrance
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ): Romanesque baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches and a rope moulding around the upper end; the base has two elemnts a fat roll moulding and a square lower base. Suggested dating in this source to the 12th century. Noted in Badiia-Homs (2007).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; r["References"]
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-