Montagut / Sant Jaume de Montagut

INFORMATION

FontID: 07213MON

Museum and Inventory Number: Museu del Monestir de Santes Creus (Alt Camp)

Church/Chapel: [originally from the Església de Sant Jaume]

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Country Name: Spain

Location: Tarragona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located in the Alt Camp region

Font Location in Church: [now in a museum]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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.

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