Barcelona No. 9
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07207BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Visigothic
Church / Chapel Name: Basílica Catedral Metropolitana de la Santa Cruz y Santa Eulalia / Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia
Font Location in Church: In the underground
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Cross & St. Eulalia
Church Address: Pla de la Seu, s/n, Ciutat Vella, 08002 Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Barri gòtic
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Font Notes:
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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]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 431136 4581701
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.383889, 2.176389
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 23′ 2″ N, 2° 10′ 35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: sunken font, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 19: El Barcelonès - El Baix Llobregat - El Maresme, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2001, p. 27 and ill. on p. 11
- Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977, t. 1: 49, 57-58, 391 and fig. 16
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. I: 61-63; vol. XX: 25-26