Vila-sacra / Vilasacra

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05912VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Esteve
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the corner made by the N wall and a pillar
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: The church itself is also 13th-century
Church Address: Plaça de l'Església, 1, 17485 Vila-sacra, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 52 51 84
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C260, between Figures W) and Castellò d'Empuries (E)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as a baptismal font probably of the late Romanesque period as suggested by the pointed arches of the arcade; this arcade in low relief runs around the side of the hemispherical basin [which has extended vertical sides]; the arches rest on a flat moulding that circles the basin parallel to the arches themselves; the short cylindrical base is modern; there is a relatively modern flat wooden cover; the lock for the cover is, as is common in this area of the Pyrenees, on the upper basin side rather than in the rim. The font appears to have been partly embeded in the wall. Noted in Badia-Homs (2007) as early Gothic.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 501512 4679323
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.266111, 3.018333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 15′ 58″ N, 3° 1′ 6″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 66 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 20 cm [modern]
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 930)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

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-, vol. IX: 930