Orista / Oristà
Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 August 2020)
Results: 7 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 August 2020)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 28 April 2003 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 28/4/2003)
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Araceli Merino, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2011 by Araceli Merino [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orista.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font in context
![at the far [west] end of the crypt](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200824023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: at the far [west] end of the crypt
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 August 2020)
view of church interior - crypt - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 August 2020)
view of church interior - crypt - looking west
![the baptismal font is visible at the far [west] end](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200824021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the baptismal font is visible at the far [west] end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 August 2020)
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: showing the entrance to the medieval 'crypt', believed to have been a 'tribuna' of the original 10thC church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Albert Altarriba, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Albert Altarriba, in
[https://s1.wklcdn.com/image_12/376331/2361244/904942Master.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restrictions / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08172ORI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font?
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia parroquial de Sant Andreu de Oristà / Església de Sant Andreu
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the crypt
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: present 18thC church built over early Romanesque documented 923 church of which only the crypt [originally a 'tribuna'?] remains; buried ca. 1775, it was unearthed in 1969
Church Address: Plaça de l'Església, 3, 08518 Oristà, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 629 84 06 09
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the B-670, B-433 and the BV-4404, 25-30 km W of Vich/Vic
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Llusanés / Lluçanès, Comarca de Osona
Font Notes:
Click to view
The baptismal font at this church consists of a roughly hemispherical basin, a round pedestal base and a square lower base; the sides of the basin are ornamented with several motifs as well as [at least] two vertical protrusions; the motifs visible in our source [cf. infra] appear to be a devil's head (?) and a shield (?), both very worn; the shield could be read also as a deformed head. The stem of the base is very short and widens out into a thick ring moulding, all apparently plain; the lower base is square and taller than the usual one found in most fonts of the area. Based on the general design and motifs the font appears Gothic. The upper basin rimn has sustained considerable damage, especially at the back.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela and to Merece Rota Serra for their photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 422072 4642677
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.932208, 2.060047
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 55′ 55.95″ N, 2° 3′ 36.17″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round