Serradellops, Sant Salvador de Serradellops / Serrallops

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08144SER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Salvador de Serrallops
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [was located outside for many years]
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church; modified 13th, 16th, 20thC
Church Address: Unnamed Road, 08518, Oristà, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-62, in the municipality of Oristà, about 12 km WNW of Vich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Additional Comments: damaged stoup: very worn by exposure
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. III: 449) as an early sandstone holy-water stoup now located in the interior of the church; it is terrible worn from years of exposure in the exterior of the church, so the ornamentation is now impossible to ascertain; it appears monolithic, but with three distinguishable parts: the hexagonal basin is capital-shaped[ the stem is a culindrical column; the lower base appears square and splayed out, though most of it is gone now. This same source (ibid.) recognises that, in view of the erosion of the stone, dating is very difficult.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 427932 4644940
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.953145, 2.130444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 57′ 11.32″ N, 2° 7′ 49.6″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 30 cm [perimeter]
Basin Total Height: 25 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. III: 449)

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. III: 449