Carbonils

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08132CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Feliu de Carbonils
Font Location in Church: In the nave, at the W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix
Church Notes: possible church 9thC; documented 13thC; abandoned in the mid-20thC; restored late-20thC
Church Address: 17733 Albanyà, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and 3 km N of Albanyà, in the westernmost area of the Alt Empordà
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alto Ampurdán / Alt Empordà
Additional Comments: damaged font
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as a monolithic baptismal font probably of the late 12th or early 13th century; the cauldron-shaped unmounted basin is plain and now badly broken, one whole side practically reduced to fragments which are kept inside the vessel; there is no base. Badia-Homs (2007) notes a series of Romanesque fonts (Carbonils, la Cirera, Sant Julià dels Torts and Sant Miquel de Solans) in the Empordà region that are monolithic, plain, small and base-less.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 476935 4687565
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.34, 2.72
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 24″ N, 2° 43′ 12″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 7.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 81 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm
Basin Total Height: 75 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 407)

REFERENCES

  • Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 7
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. IX: 407