Capsec No. 2

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - double

Scene Description: originally a row of; some of them now lost

LB01: symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle - 4

INFORMATION

FontID: 08159CAP
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Vall de Bianya, about 1 km from Canya, road to Sant Pau de Seguries, Garrotxa region.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (mid), Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 372-373): holy-water stoup probably of the mid-13th century; the basin is hemispherical and ornamented with a row of double-rosettes (several of which have practically disappeared); the slender pedestal is round at the bottom and octagonal at the top where it is ornamented with an incised Greek cross inscribed in a circle on every other side (total of four)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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