Talaixa / Talaixà
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joan Oller, 2003
Image Source: Joan Oller's "Espai natural de l'Alta Garrotxa"
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 08264TAL
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Montagut, in the Alta Garrotxa region
Font Location in Church: in the ruins of the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of the 12th century; hemispherical basin with a flat moulding around the upper side; the lower sides and underbowl are ornamented with a blind arcade of round archescarved at a slight diagonal incline. There appears to be no base. The font, believed to be from the old Romanesque church, is now in the ruins of the 17th-18th church. [We are grateful to Angels Majò Rais and to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the information on this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round