Banyoles No. 1 / Bañolas
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: with alternate tops, all around the basin and underbowl
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B02: symbol - crozier
Scene Description: a bishop's? an abbot's?
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2002
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission to reproduce a/p e-mail May 28, 2002
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06177BAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Museum: Museu Arqueològic Comarcal, Banyoles (Gerona, Spain), [in the vestibule of the Pía Almoina]
Church / Chapel Name: Originally from the Monasterio de Sant Esteve de Banyoles [now in a museum]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Plaça del Monestir, 12, 17820 Banyoles, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 57 23 61
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Banyoles/Bañolas is located off the C-66, about 20 km N of Girona/Gerona capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Comarca del Pla de L'Estany
Font Notes:
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Hemispherical mounted baptismal font dated from the 12th century; the upper side of the basin is vertical and totally plain; under it, a concave ribbed pattern; the upper ends of the ribs are shaped alternately as round arches and angular motifs; on the front, in one of the ribs, a baculum {episcopal? abbatial?). The basin is mounted on a short square pedestal with trimmed corners. It was originally from the Monasterio de Sant Esteve de Banyoles and is now kept in the Museu Arqueològic Comarcal, Banyoles (Gerona, Spain).
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, for the information and image of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 480942 4663192
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.1206, 2.76944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 7′ 14.16″ N, 2° 46′ 9.98″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round