Falgons No. 2 / Sant Vicenç de Falgons
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CR01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 08166FAL
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Vicenç
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: In the Gironés region, about 9 km from Banyoles, on the road to Sant Pau.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, mounted on the S wall, just right of the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. V: 461): holy-water stoup apparently of the Romanesque period; the basin is roughly bucket-shaped and plain except for a roll moulding at the bottom; it has no base and is wall-mounted by the south entrance. [cf. Index entry for Falgons No. 1 for a decorated baptismal font of the Romanesque period in this same church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-