Vilalba Sasserra No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 08232VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Maria [cemetery]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, south of the road from Granollers to Sant Celoni, near Trentapasses), in the southeastern reaches of the Vallès Oriental region
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the churchyard, ca. 1968
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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]

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-