Manresa

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08197MAN
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 10th - 11th century, Romanesque
Museum: Museu Històric de la Seu de Manresa
Church / Chapel Name: Originally a capital from Santa Maria de la Seu [aka Santa Maria de Manresa]
Font Location in Church: [Located in the museum of the cathedral]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Bda. de la Seu, 1, 08242 Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Barri Antic of Manresa
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Additional Comments: recycled stoup? : it appears to be a capital hollowed out to serve as stoup
Font Notes:
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 402483 4619581
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.722056, 1.827612
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 43′ 19.4″ N, 1° 49′ 39.4″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
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-, vol. XI: 273