Tavertet No. 2
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B01: design element - motifs - triangle
Scene Description: repeated in a hexagonal frame
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B02: symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidentified
Scene Description: the Catalonian bars (5?) atop a hexagonal motif with a six-petal flower in a hexagon
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B03: Christ - monogram - IHS - in a circle
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view of church exterior
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view of stoup in context
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
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view of stoup in context
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view of stoup
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06535TAV
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Cristòfol de Travertet
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since
Church Address: Carrer del Mig, 2, 08511 Tavertet, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 56 82 03
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BV-5207, S of the C-153, about 20 km NE of Vich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Vich
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. III: 627). Described in the Guia comarcal Catalunya romanica 2 (1999: 154) as a holy-water stoup of the Romanesque period with incised ornamentation. It is unlikely that this stoup is anything other than Gothic; the obejct consists of an octagonal basin decorated on three sides with [L->R]: 1)hexagonal motif of triangulated pattern within, 2)shield motif with the Catalonian bars on the upper half and a six-petal flower within a hexagon in the lower half, and 3)the IHS monogram in Gothic lettering inside a circle; the remaining sides are blank; it is mounted on a cylindrical stem with screw-like roll mouldings all the way down to the octagonal lower base, curved at the top, resembling an inverted basin. [cf. Index entry for Tavertet No. 1 for a baptismal font probably of the same period in this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, and to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 451921 4649440
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.9955, 2.4195
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 59′ 43.8″ N, 2° 25′ 10.2″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: initials
Inscription Location: side of the basin
Inscription Text: "IHS"
Inscription Source: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. III: 627)
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 2: Osona, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999, p. 154
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. III: p. 627