Tavertet No. 1, Sant Cristofol de Tavertet
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 September 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 2005 by Juan Antonio Olañeta, www.claustro.com
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 4 September 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph 2004 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 9 July 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08146TAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Cristòfol
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Christopher
Church Address: Carrer del Mig, 2, 08511 Tavertet, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 56 82 03
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C153, just NE of the Pant de Sau, about 20 km NE of Vich
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. III: 626) as a baptismal font of the late Romanesque period; the basin is of an irregular polygonal shape with nine sides and without apparent ornamentation [cf. also Index entry for Tavertet No. 1 for a holy-water stoup in this same church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, and to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 451921 4649440
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.9955, 2.4195
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 59′ 43.8″ N, 2° 25′ 10.2″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (9 sides)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (9 sides)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. III: 626