Vilajuiga / Vilajuïga
INFORMATION
FontID: 08139VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial de Sant Feliu
Church Patron Saints: St. Felix
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located NE of Figueres
Font Location in Church: The font is in the old Romanesque nave which, without its apse, serves now as vestibule of the new 18th century church
Century and Period: 10th - 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; it consists of a hemispherical basin, plain except for a moulding at the upper rim, and a roughly cylindrical pedestal base, totally plain. Noted in Badia-Homs (2007).
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 114 cm
Basin Total Height: 64 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 104 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IX: 910)
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-