Torroella de Montgri / Torroella de Montgrí
Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2002
Image and permission received [e-mail of 23 Oct. 2002]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angels Majó Rais, 2002
Image Source: Montserrat Estela and Angels Majó Rais [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received [e-mail of 23 Oct. 2002]
INFORMATION
FontID: 06569TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Genís
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the Baix Empordá / Bajo Empordán region
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Late Romanesque / Gothic?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela and Angels Majó Rais, Barcelona, Spain, for the information, measurements and images of this font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Badia-Homs (2007) as a baptismal font having been documented already in the mid-14th century [with reference to 'Mn. Josep Quer']. Tub-shaped baptismal font ornamented with zigzag motif towards the lower third of the basin sides. Actually the angles of the zigzag are the lower tips of the polygonal outer surface of the basin; below it, it is round.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Rim Thickness: 5.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 105 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 116 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm
Notes on Measurements: [measurements supplied by Angels Majó Rais, Barcelona, Spain]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wooden?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat wooden lid; appears modern
REFERENCES
Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 8