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
FontID: 06177BAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Museu Arqueològic Comarcal, Banyoles (Gerona, Spain)
Church/Chapel: Originally from the Monasterio de Sant Esteve de Banyoles [now in a museum]
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the comarca del Pla de L'Estany
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, for the information and image of this font
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).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round