Vilalba Sasserra No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08232VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria [cemetery]
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the churchyard, ca. 1968
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Esglesia Vella, 1, 08455 Vilalba Sasserra, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 41 03 83
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the C-35 and E-15, in the municipality of the same name, about 13 km NNW of Arenys de Mar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Tarrasa
Historical Region: Vallès Oriental
Additional Comments: abandoned font: reported and photographed abandoned in the churchyard ca. 1968
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XVIII: 80, 439) as a plain baptismal font perhaps of the Romanesque period; the basin is cauldron-shaped and appears abandoned and covered in lichens in the churchyard ca. 1968 [cf. Index entry for Vilalba Sasserra No. 2 for a Gothic font in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 454310 4610445
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.64444, 2.45135
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 38′ 39.98″ N, 2° 27′ 4.86″ E
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-, vol. XVIII: 439