Montagut / Sant Jaume de Montagut
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07213MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Museum: Museu del Monestir de Santes Creus (Alt Camp), Unknown
Church / Chapel Name: [originally from the Església de Sant Jaume de Montagut]
Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Església de Sant Jaume de Montagut
Church Address: 43816, Tarragona, Spain
Site Location: Tarragona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the C37, about 30 km N of Tarragona capital
Historical Region: Alt Camp
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica 20 (2002: 152) as a bucket-shaped baptismal font of the Romanesque period; it is made of limestone and is originally from the church of St. Jaume de Montagut, also located in the Alt Camp region.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 368780 4585462
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.41, 1.43
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 24′ 36″ N, 1° 25′ 48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 19: El Baix Ebre - La Terra Alta - El Matarranya - Museus amb art romànic, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2002, p. 152