Sallent / San Vicenç de Sallent

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - interlace - 4-strand

Scene Description: mostly eroded and destroyed

BBU01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 08158SAL
Church/Chapel: Església de San Vicenç
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of, and 4 km from, Santa Pau, in the area of La Garrotxa
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, attached to the façade
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 365): a low semi-circular step-like protrusion of the façade appears to be all that is left of a fromer baptismal font which may or may not be originally from this church; it appears to correspond to the upper basin part of the font and has a broad flat moulding all around the surviving part; below the moulding is a faint pattern of four-strand interlace of geometric design; the remains of the basin are broken up into several parts held together by concrete or mortar.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: fragments
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 32 cm [fragment]
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 365)

REFERENCES

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