Sa Carrotxa / Santa Carrotxa / Sa Carrotja
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Palol, 1967
Image Source: drawing in Palol (1967)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07152CAR
Church/Chapel: Basílica de Santa Carrotxa [archaeological site]
Church Location: 07500 Manacor, Mallorca, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Mallorca, Islas Baleares / Illes Balears
Directions to Site: In the Manacor harbour, in a private property
Font Location in Church: In the grounds of the basilica, in a narthex at the foot of the church
Century and Period: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian? / Visigothic?
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the one at Son Peretó, also in Mallorca
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Palol (1967) as a small cruciform sunken font; it is made of stones and had no drainage [NB: Palol (ibid.) explains that the drainage hole visible in some of the sources was made after the discovery by Mr. Amer, owner of the property in which the church was
discovered and responsible for the excavation]. Entry for this font in the Fons Dr. Pere de Palol, Institut Català d’Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC) [ref.: 045063] [http://fonspalol.icac.cat/055555-2/] [accessed 20 June 2017]. Noted in Godoy Fernandez (1989) with reference to Puig de Cadafalch and J. Aguiló. The font has steps leading down: two in the longer W arm, one in each of the other three; it is similar to the one at Son Peretó. Noted and illustrated in Khatchatrian (1982). In Utrero Agudo (2006). Vizcaino Sanchez (2007, ed. 2009: 470-472) notes the presence of a baptistery "a los pies", as is common in other early Balearic churches.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31S 517179 4379682
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: cruciform (sunken font)
Basin Interior Shape: cruciform
REFERENCES
Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977
Khatchatrian, Armen, Origine et typologie des baptistères paléochrétiens, Mulhouse: Centre de Culture Chrétienne, 1982
Palol, Pedro de, Arqueología cristiana de la España romana: siglos IV a VI, Madrid, Valladolid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Enrique Flórez, 1967
Palol, Pedro de, Arte paleocristiano en España, Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, [1969?]
Utrero Agudo, Maria de los Angeles, Iglesias tardoantiguas y altomedievales en la peninsula iberica: analisis arqueologico y sistemas de abovedamiento, Madrid: Depto. de Historia Antigua, Instituto de Historia, CSIC, 2006