Serradellops, Sant Salvador de Serradellops

INFORMATION

FontID: 08144SER
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Salvador
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Oristà (follow the road between Vic and Prat de Ll.; between kms 11 and 12, make a left towards Oristà)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [was located outside for many years]
Century and Period: , Medieval
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.

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-