Barcelona No. 9

INFORMATION

FontID: 07207BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Church/Chapel: Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross & St. Eulalia
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Downtown, in the Barrio gòtic
Font Location in Church: In the underground
Century and Period: 5th century, Visigothic
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XX: 25-26): octagonal sunken baptismal font discovered under the present cathedral; there are two sets of steps, with three steps each, visible, at an angle, each to the side of the broad water channel on the ground, although the other two angles are broken and may have had the same set-up [NB: a second sunken baptismal font of square shape was also found in the excavations of 1968; it is believed to be from an earlier period -- cf. Index entry for Barcelona No. 10]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Catalunya romànica 19: El Barcelonès - El Baix Llobregat - El Maresme, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2001
Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-