Brull / El Brull, Sant Martí del Brull

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08140BRU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Martí del Brull
Font Location in Church: In the centre of the nave, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 08559 El Brull, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 89 83 59
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BV-5301, about 16 km S of Vich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. II: 154) as a holy-water stoup located in the centre of the nave; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin ornamented with diagonal ribbed pattern on the underbowl; the stem of the base is a torsade column -with the diagonal pattern goig in the opposite direction to the one followed by the ribs of the underbowl- ending at the bottom in two roll mouldings; the lower base is not fully visible but appears to have related ornamentation.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 442314 4629664
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.81675, 2.305444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 49′ 0.3″ N, 2° 18′ 19.6″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Deléhouzée, Laurent, Architecture romane en Belgique, Bruxelles: Éditions Racine, 2000, vol. II: 154