Illeta del Rey / Isla del Rey

INFORMATION

FontID: 07585ILL
Church/Chapel: Basilica Paleocristiana
Country Name: Spain
Location: Menorca, Islas Baleares / Illes Balears
Directions to Site: Located in Mahón's harbour, on the site of a former military hospital
Font Location in Church: In one of the rooms at the NW of the church
Century and Period: 6th century(mid) (?), Early Christian
Cognate Fonts: Similar font at Es Fornás de Torelló No. 1
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (sunken)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fontaine, Jacques, Art pré-roman hispanique, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1973-1977
Palol, Pedro de, Arqueología cristiana de la España romana: siglos IV a VI, Madrid, Valladolid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Enrique Flórez, 1967
Palol, Pedro de, Arte paleocristiano en España, Barcelona: Ediciones Polígrafa, [1969?]