Sant Esteve d'En Bas / San Esteban d'En Bas / Sant Esteve de Saüll

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Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 July 2021)

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design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2021 by Merce Rota

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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view of basin in context

Scene Description: on a modern make-up base or plinth

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Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2021 by Merce Rota

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view of church exterior - apse

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view of church exterior - southwest view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: " Església de Sant Esteve d'en Bas (Catalunya)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 2007 by Puigalder [https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitxer:Esglesia_de_Sant_Esteve_den_Bas_02_(Catalonia).jpg] [accessed 13 July 2021]

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view of church interior - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2021 by Merce Rota

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 July 2021)

view of church interior - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2021 by Merce Rota

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 July 2021)

view of church interior - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2021 by Merce Rota

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 July 2021)

view of church interior - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2021

Image Source: digital photograph 30 June 2021 by Merce Rota

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 12 July 2021)

INFORMATION

FontID: 08028BAS
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial de Sant Esteve
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Carrer Ample, 17176 Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Gerona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the C-153, 9 km SSW of Olot, in the Garrotxa region
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: La Garrocha / La Garrotxa
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The fonts at Sant Pere de Grau, Santa Maria de Lluçà and Puigpardinas/ Puigpardines, as well as two other fonts in the Museu Episcopal de Vic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Merce Rota for her photographs of this church and font.
Church Notes: Romanesque church documented 1117/1119; damaged by two earthquakes in the 15thC; modified 18thC
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 409): baptismal font of the late 12th century and of a type common in this area. Only the basin remains now [July 2021], almost cylindrical with a slight tapering in towards the bottom; decorated with a [roll?] moulding at the upper rim and a rope moulding at the lower; the original base is missing, and the basin now rests on a low modern brick of quadrangular shape. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.118455, 2.458997
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 7′ 6.44″ N, 2° 27′ 32.39″ E
UTM: 31T 455279 4663070

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 15.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 113 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 144 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88.5 cm* [includes an earlier base?]
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 409)

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-