Uixols

INFORMATION

FontID: 08229UIX
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Julià
Church Patron Saints: St. Julian
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Castellterçol, near La Sauva Negra, in the NW reaches of the Vallès Oriental region
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the cemetery of this church
Century and Period: 10th - 13th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVIII: 320) as a plain cauldron-shaped basin from a Romanesque baptismal font, probably of the late 12th or early 13th century, although the source recons it could be as early as the 10th century; the plain basin is now [ca. 1991+], upside-down, in the middle of the churchyard; until a few years ago it served as base to the cross that presided over the churchyard.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: Diameter of the hole: 18.5 [NB: it may have been enlarged to fit the cross]
Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVIII: 320)

REFERENCES

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