Castellbell / Sant Vicenç del Castell de Castellbell
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BU01: design element - motifs - moulding - 2?
Scene Description: the piece is twoo worn to be certain
INFORMATION
FontID: 08195CAS
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església/capella de Sant Vicenç del Castell [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located between Manresa and Abrera (near San Vicenç de Castellet veer off to the right towards Castellbell; the chapel is at the foot of the castle)
Font Location in Church: wall-mounted inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 179): wall-mounted holy-water stoup; it is roughly hemispheric in shape and badly worn and damaged; the only ornamentation appears on the underbowl in the form of thin parallel mouldings all around.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-