Es Fornas de Torello No. 2 / Es Fornàs de Torelló
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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: a/p description in Palol (1967)
BIS01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: a/p description in Palol (1967)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07584FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th - 6th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica Paleocristiana
Font Location in Church: [Found inside the church - present whereabouts not stated]
Church Address: Camí de Torelló, Mahón, Menorca, Spain
Site Location: Menorca, Islas Baleares / Illes Balears, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the property known as Es Fornás de Torelló, off the Camí de Torelló, WSW of Mahón, 300 m. NE of the talayor of Torelló
Font Notes:
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Described in Palol (1967: 21) as marble receptacle ornamented inside and out with ribbed pattern; Palol suggests that it may have served for the baptism of children, like the one represented on a stone in Aquileia. [A sunken piscina with an inner well of hemispherical shape was also found in this church -- cf. Index entry for Es Fornas... No. 1]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31S 604599 4415524
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.883328, 4.223297
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 52′ 59.98″ N, 4° 13′ 23.87″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
REFERENCES
- Palol, Pedro de, Arqueología cristiana de la España romana: siglos IV a VI, Madrid, Valladolid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Enrique Flórez, 1967, p. 21