Campins

INFORMATION

FontID: 08228CAM

Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Joan

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Country Name: Spain

Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located on the BV-5114, ENE of Granollers, in the Vallès Oriental region

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, upside down as base of the altar

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVIII: 320) as a cauldron-shaped basin from a Romanesque baptismal font, probably of the late 12th or early 13th century; the plain basin is now [ca. 1991+], upside-down, serving as base of the main altar.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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