Rubio / Rubió

INFORMATION

FontID: 08268RUB

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Maria de Rubió

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Spain

Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Rubió, off the N-II from Calaf to Jorba (about 6 km)

Font Location in Church: In the exterior of the church, N portal

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 489, 527) as a plain cauldron-shaped baptismal font located outside the church, at the north portal. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 91 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm

Basin Depth: 70 cm

Basin Total Height: 78 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 528) after 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-