Llacuna / La Llacuna
INFORMATION
FontID: 08267LLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial [originally from Santa Maria]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of the same name, in the the Anoia region
Font Location in Church: In the new parish church, in a side chapel, behind a railing
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 433, 527) as a baptismal font originally from the church of Santa Maria; it is a rather plain cauldron-shaped basin with a flat moulding around the upper basin side as the only decoration. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm
Basin Depth: 43 cm
Basin Total Height: 59 cm
Height of Base: 26 cm [calculated]
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527) citing from Cruañes-Virella (1984)
REFERENCES
Cruañes i Oliver, Esteve, Piques baptismals d'immersió del Penedès i el seu entorn, Vilafranca del Penedès: Museu de Vilafranca, 1984
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-