Montella / Monteia / Sant Miquel de Montella / Sant Miquel de Monteia

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08152MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Miquel de Monteia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Address: Monteia, 17853 Salles de Llierca, Gerona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A-26, in the municipality and 7-8 km N of Sales de Llierca
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Alta Garrotxa
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 313-314) as a maybe unfinished baptismal font; the basin is roughly hemispherical in shape and badly eroded or damaged; it is raised on a short cylindrical pedestal; the illustration shows the basin filled with old roof tiles (?) [NB: the source has the illustration of the font captioned as "Sant Miquel de Montella", and the description appears under the same heading, but the descriptive paragraph for the font begins: "A l'església de Sant Andreu de Gitarriu es conserva una pica baptismal […]" -- it is not clear which church this font belongs to -- Sant Andreu de Gitarriu is a church nearby]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 470984 4679476
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.26695, 2.64817
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 16′ 1.02″ N, 2° 38′ 53.41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. IV: 313-314