Comallonga / Sant Andreu de Comallonga

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B01: design element - patterns - diamond or lozenge

a double band, forming a continuous wheat-sheaf like pattern
Scene Description: a double band, forming a continuous wheat-sheaf like pattern

INFORMATION

FontID: 08196COM
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Andreu de Comallonga
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted in the E end, S wall
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 255): wall-mounted holy-water stoup [or lavabo?] made of two elements: the basin is shallow and roughly circular on the unmounted part, its sides ornamented with a pattern that resembles a wheat sheaf; the back-drop is probably a window from the old Romanesque building, now built into the wall above the basin.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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