Carbonils

INFORMATION

FontID: 08132CAR
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial de Sant Feliu
Church Patron Saints: St. Felix
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km N of Albanyà, in the westernmost area of the Alt Empordà
Font Location in Church: In the nave, at the W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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. It is a crudely rendered object. 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.

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; r["References"]
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-