Capsec No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08159CAP
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (mid), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Martì de Capsec
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 17858 Capsec, Gerona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
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.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Gerona
Historical Region: Garrotxa
Additional Comments: damaged stoup: some of the motifs on the basin side are gone
Font Notes:
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)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 417182 4650260
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.233048, 2.471964
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 13′ 58.94″ N, 2° 28′ 19.07″ E

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-, p. 372-373