Manresa

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - motifs - palmette - 3

Scene Description: one on each of the decorated sides

B02: design element - architectural - column - torsade

Scene Description: at the angles, between the palmettes

INFORMATION

FontID: 08197MAN
Museum and Inventory Number: Museu Històric de la Seu de Manresa
Church/Chapel: Originally a capital from Santa Maria de la Seu [aka Santa Maria de Manresa]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: [Located in the museum of the cathedral]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 273): formerly a capital of the 10th-century church, now kept in the museum of the church. It appears to have been partly hollowed to use as holy-water stoup; only three sides are ornamented, the fourth being rough; the sides have large aplmette motifs, with torsade columns at the angles.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 27 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 27 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 273)

REFERENCES

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