Mura / San Martí de Mura

INFORMATION

FontID: 08199MUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial de Sant Martí
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, on the road between Navarcles and Tarrasa/Terrassa
Font Location in Church: inside the church, under the main altar
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church Notes: This church has a Romanesque tympanum containing an enthroned Madonna & Child flanked by the Magi on her right and Joseph and [?] on her left, as well as two censing angles floating left and right of Her head; also a pair of capitals on the legend of St. Martin, patron saint of this church
Font Notes:
An illustration of the main altar at the parish church of San Martí de Mura in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XII: 326) shows a hemispherical baptismal basin underneath the stone of the altar; it is plain except for a an upper band that protrudes over the rest of the surface. There is no base in sight and this object is not mentioned in the text.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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