Torts / Els Torts / Sant Julià dels Torts

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08136TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Julià dels Torts
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian
Church Address: 17700 La Jonquera, Gerona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality and 2 km N of La Jonquera, in the northern area of the Alt Empordà
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alto Ampurdán / Alt Empordà
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984-) as the hemispheric basin of a baptismal font probably of the 12th or 13th century; it is hemispheric and totally plain, with considerable damage to the upper side [the church has a stone wall-mounted holy-water stoup on the inside, just right of the entrance, on the S wall; appears plain; not listed in this Index]. 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 486791 4698493
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.43865, 2.8394
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 26′ 19.14″ N, 2° 50′ 21.84″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [basin only]
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

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-