Museo Maricel No. 1 / Museu Maricel

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07211MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Museum: Museu Maricel (Sitges, Barcelona prov.), Inv. no. 548
Church / Chapel Name: [original church unknown]
Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Carrer de Fonollar, s/n, 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 94 03 64
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Sitges is located off the C-246a. The Museum is located in Sitges, in Carrer del Fonollar, 2-6
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 275-276) as a Romanesque baptismal font of the 12th century made of limestone; it is from the collection of J. Pérez Rosales, now in the Museu Maricel i del Cau Ferrat, Sitges, Barcelona province; its origin is unknown; the basin is bucket-shaped and ornamented with incised geometric motifs at the upper rim and upper basin sides; the base is modern [cf. Index entry for Museo Maricel No. 2 for a holy-water stoup in this museum]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 400484 4565525
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.235, 1.8125
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 14′ 6″ N, 1° 48′ 45″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 58.5 cm
Basin Depth: 28 cm
Basin Total Height: 79 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 275)

REFERENCES

  • Catalunya romànica 19: El Baix Ebre - La Terra Alta - El Matarranya - Museus amb art romànic, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2002, p. 147
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIX: 275-276