Castelltallat No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07740CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Museum: Museu de Manresa / Museo de Manresa
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Miguel de Castelltallat
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: 08263, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located S of the N1418, W of the C-1412, near Sant Mateu de Bages
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Vich
Additional Comments: Montse Estela went to Castelltallat in May 2003: the font there does not correspond to Bilbao's description and is of a later date [cf. BSI file folder for Castelltallat No. 1]
Font Notes:
Listed in Bilbao (1998: 199) as a baptismal font ornamented with architectonic motifs symbolising the New Jerusalem. [NB: cf. Index entry for Castelltallat No. 1 for the baptismal font now in the church in Castelltallat]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 386421 4627770
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.793662, 1.632986
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 47′ 37.18″ N, 1° 37′ 58.75″ E

REFERENCES

  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, "La pila bautismal románica de Mazariegos (Burgos): una representación de la Jerusalem celeste", t. XV, 1-2, Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 1998, pp. 197-203; p. 199
  • Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996, p. 83 fn53