San Miquel de la Cot / San Miquel de Sacot

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BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 08157COT
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Miquel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Santa Pau in La Garrotxa (follow the road from Olot to Banyoles via Santa pau and Mieres; about 5 km from Olot, at Can Xel, take the southwards path; the church is 1 km down i)]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side, under the stairs
Century and Period: 12th century (late), Romanesque
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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]

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-