Illeta del Rey / Isla del Rey
INFORMATION
Font ID: 07585ILL
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th century(mid) (?), Early Christian
Cognate Fonts: Similar font at Es Fornás de Torelló No. 1
Church / Chapel Name: Basilica Paleocristiana
Font Location in Church: In one of the rooms at the NW of the church
Site Location: Menorca, Islas Baleares / Illes Balears, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Mahón's harbour, on the site of a former military hospital
Font Notes:
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Described in Palol (1967: 23-25 and fig. 6) as a baptistery similar in form and of the same age as the one at Es Fornás de Torelló [cf. Index entry for No. 1]. Palol (ibid.: 166) mentions a small drainage hole at the bottom. Fonatin (1973-1977, t. 1: 397) dates the basilica to the middle of the 6th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31S 610032 4416025
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 39.88715, 4.2869
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 39° 53′ 13.74″ N, 4° 17′ 12.84″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: sunken font, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: yes
REFERENCES
- Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977, p. 397
- 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. 23-25, 161, 166 and fig. 6
- Palol, Pedro de, Arte paleocristiano en España, Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, [1969?], p. 35, 184-185