Toralles / Sant Martì de Toralles

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08151TOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Martì de Toralles
Font Location in Church: Inside, wall-mounted in the NW angle of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 17855 Oix, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Montagut de Fluvià, 4 km W of Oix, about 15 km N of Olot
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alta Garrotxa
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 265); the basin is roughly hemispherical and devoid of ornamentation; at the front, in the upper basin side, it has an iron lock plate inserted, in a position commonly found in many fonts of the eastern Pyrenees; this basin has been mounted with concrete (?) in the NW corner of the nave; this source describes it as difficult to date and probably late rather than early.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 458208 4678762
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.259941, 2.493308
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 15′ 35.79″ N, 2° 29′ 35.91″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: lock plate inserted in the upper basin side, at the front

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. IV: 265