Aulina / Sant Ponç d'Aulina

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BBL01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 08164AUL
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Ponç
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Val de Bianya (access from the road Olot- Sant Pau de Seguries)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, built into one of the walls
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Fonts at Mare de Déu dels Arcs, at Santa Pau as well as a font in the Museu F. Marès of Barcelona
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 395): baptismal font of the Romanesque period contemporary with other elements of this church; the monolithic font is roughly rectangular in shape, the lower end slightly narrower; the only ornamentation is a rope moulding all around about half way down its side [the font is encased into a wall, which does not permit to see the other sides]; the upper front side is broken at the place where the lock for the cover would be placed. Noted in the Amics de Besalú I el seu contat's Circular no. 4 (desembre 2002) [http://www.amicsdebesalu.cat/amicsdebesalu/recursos/recursos/circular_n_4.pdf] [accessed 26 May 2009] as a rectangular font.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Total Height: 55 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 55 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 56 x 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. IV: 395)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: evidence of a lock for the cover on the front side

REFERENCES

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