Rabos / San Quirce de Colera, in Rabós / Sancti Cirici de Colera / Sant Quirc de Colera, in Rabós / Sant Quirze de Colera

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Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019

image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2019)

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design element - motifs - circle

seen here on the extreme left
Scene Description: seen here on the extreme left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2019 by Txaro Itigoyen
Copyright Instructions: image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2019)

design element - motifs - floral

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 21 April 2019 by Txaro Itigoyen
Copyright Instructions: image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2019)

design element - motifs - leaf - 2

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

information

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

symbol - baculum

abbot's staff? [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: abbot's staff? [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

symbol - star - 8 points

seen here to the left of the baculum
Scene Description: seen here to the left of the baculum
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

view of church exterior - north view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:187_Sant_Quirze_de_Colera,_façana_nord.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior - northeast view

view of the monastic church
Scene Description: view of the monastic church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Procsilas, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2006 by Procsilas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monestir_sant_quirze_de_colera.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:172_Sant_Quirze_de_Colera,_façana_oest.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
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view of church exterior - porch - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

view of church exterior - porch - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

view of church exterior - southeast view

view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Scene Description: view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:176_Santa_Maria_de_Colera,_angle_sud-est.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Scene Description: view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:131_Santa_Maria_de_Colera,_des_de_Sant_Quirze.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 9 May 2022 by Mercé Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 May 2022)

view of church exterior in context - west view

view of the monastic compound showing west view of the two churches: on the left is Sant Quirze's monastic church; on he right is the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria [the latter has only a south entranceway]
Scene Description: view of the monastic compound showing west view of the two churches: on the left is Sant Quirze's monastic church; on he right is the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria [the latter has only a south entranceway]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:184_Santa_Maria_de_Colera,_amb_Sant_Quirze_al_fons.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - chancel and east end

interior view of the monastic church of Sant Quirze with the main apse at the far end
Scene Description: interior view of the monastic church of Sant Quirze with the main apse at the far end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:151_Sant_Quirze_de_Colera,_absis_central.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

interior view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Scene Description: interior view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:181_Santa_Maria_de_Colera,_interior.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - nave - looking west

interior view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Scene Description: interior view of the supposedly parochial church of Santa Maria, part of the monastic compound of Sant Quirze
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:183_Santa_Maria_de_Colera,_interior,_absis.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - south apse - detail

interior view of the monastic church of Sant Quirze: the south apse with mural painting remains
Scene Description: interior view of the monastic church of Sant Quirze: the south apse with mural painting remains
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:154_Sant_Quirze_de_Colera,_absis_dret,_amb_restes_de_pintures_murals.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - south apse - painting - detail

interior view of the monastic church of Sant Quirze: remains of mural paintings in the south apse; an angel is discernible on the right
Scene Description: interior view of the monastic church of Sant Quirze: remains of mural paintings in the south apse; an angel is discernible on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Enfo, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 214 by Enfo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:155_Sant_Quirze_de_Colera,_restes_de_pintures_murals_a_l'absis_dret.jpg] [accessed 27 May 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Txaro Irigoyen, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 April 2019 by Txaro Itigoyen
Copyright Instructions: image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 May 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 08137COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església [nova] de Sant Quirc [originally from the Església del Monestir de Sant Quirc / Sant Quirze]
Church Patron Saints: [St. Cyricus?]
Church Location: 17754 Rabós, Gerona / Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 56 30 82 [NB: coordinates given are for the core of the monastery; the church of Santa Maria is 200 m. to the west]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Rabós d'Empordà, and about 7 km NNE of that town
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alto Empordan / Alt Empordà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church; It is now half-built into the S wall of the nave of the 19th century church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Early Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Txaro Irigoyen and to Mercé Rota for their photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as the baptismal font originally from the church of the monastery of St. Quirc, now half-built into the south wall of the 19th-century parish church of the same advocation; the limestone hemispherical basin has a band of ornamentation on the upper side containing floral, foliage and circular motifs; it rests on a short circular pedestal base; the surface of the stone has been polished recently. This same source (ibid.) hesitates to date it any earlier than the end of the 13th century, with a possible date as late as the 14th century. Described and illustrated in Badia-Homs (2007), who suggests the ornate staff top that appears on the upper band represents the staff of the abbot of St. Quirc. [NB: the situation here is somewhat confusing. The original monastery may date to the late-8th century, but most of the monastery church dates to the early-12th, as it was consecrated in 1123 by the bishop of Gerona, at which time the smaller church of Santa Maria nearby is also mentioned, though its role vis-a-vis the monastery church is not clear. The article SANCTI CIRICI DE COLERA / SANT QUIRZE DE COLERA (ALT EMPORDA, GIRONA). ESTUDIO PRELIMINAR DEL CONJUNTO MONASTICO, SIGLOS VIII AL XVI] by Gisela Ripoll [et alii] [https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/295768] [accessed 27 May 2019] notes: "Se trata de un conjunto de grandes dimensiones, dotado de una iglesia parroquial y una monástica además de todas las dependencias del monasterio y una necrópolis, con una dilatada cronología, desde el siglo VIII hasta el siglo XVI, momento en que la comunidad monástica se traslada", stating that two churches co-existed in the monastery compound, one monastic and the other, Santa Maria, parochial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.416233, 3.058889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 24′ 58.44″ N, 3° 3′ 32″ E
UTM: 31T 504845 4695993

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
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. 8 and ills. on p. 9
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-