Terrassola / Sant Feliu de Terrassola / Sant Feliuet de Terrassola

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08200TER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Feliu [aka Sant Feliuet]

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix

Church Notes: 11thC church

Church Address: 08273 Santa Maria d'Oló, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 937 44 97 42

Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the C-25 and C-59 crossroads, in the municipality of Santa Maria d'Oló, off the road between Estany and Vic/Vich

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Vich

Additional Comments: restored font: in 1984

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 399): baptismal font of the 13th century restored in 1984; it consists of a hemispheric basin devoid of ornamentation except for a faint trace of rope moulding on it; the base is a truncated-cone pedestal, also plain. The upper rim has holes consistent with the existance of an earlier cover on it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 425525 4638459

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.89456, 2.10222

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 53′ 40.42″ N, 2° 6′ 7.99″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm

Basin Depth: 48 cm

Basin Total Height: 73 cm

Height of Base: 20 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm [calculated]

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XI: 399) [the diameters of the base piece, upper and lower, are given as 40 cm and 50 cm respectively]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes regarding the holes in the rim]

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