Gornal / La Gornal

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: with a Latin cross and some rounded motifs in between

B02: symbol - cross - Latin

Scene Description: between the two mouldings

B03: design element - motifs - roundel

Scene Description: round and oval motifs next to the cross

INFORMATION

FontID: 08237GOR
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Pere
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municpality of Castellet i La Gornal, off the N-340, near Arboç, in the Alt Penedès region
Font Location in Church: Located in the space between the rectory and the church, at the entrance to the former
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 107, 528): holy-water stoup located in the porch, at the entrance of the rectory; it consists of two pieces: the basin is roughly cylindrical, ornamented with a Latin cross between two horizontal roll mouldings; also between the mouldings are several round and oval head-like shapes devoid of any distinguishable marks; the base is a three-volume column, square at both ends but rounded with mouldings at various parts; the group is obviously a composite, the basin itself probably recycled from an earlier life as architectural ornament, perhaps a capital or a column. as the source suggests. This same source does not suggest a dating for the stoup.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 1.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 24 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 27 cm
Basin Depth: 10 cm
Basin Total Height: 43 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 107)

REFERENCES

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