San Miquel de la Cot / La Cot / San Miquel de Sacot

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08157COT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late), Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Miquel Sacot

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side, under the stairs

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael

Church Address: La Cot, 17811 Santa Pau, Girona, Spain

Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the GI-524, in the municipality of Santa Pau, 6-7 km SE of Olot

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona

Historical Region: La Garrotxa

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 360): limestone baptismal font of the late 12th century; the monolithic font consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with a short round base; the only ornamentation is a four-inch wide moulding at the upper basin side; the font is covered with a low-dome copper lid provided with handles and ornamented with foliage motifs.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 461342 4665344

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.13926, 2.53219

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 8′ 21.34″ N, 2° 31′ 55.88″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage System: centre hole in basin

Drainage Notes: the diameter of the drain hole is 6 cm [Catalunya rom...]

Rim Thickness: 9-9.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 69 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 88 cm

Basin Depth: 39 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 360)

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, copper

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. Font notes]

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