Can Cerda / Morro Curt, Sant Vicenç de can Cerdà, nr. Font-Rubí
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08269CER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Vicenç de can Cerdà [aka Capella del Morro Curt ] [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: 08459, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located N of the BP-2126, near the farmhouse of Can Cerdà, in the municipality of FontRubí (follow the road from Vilafranca del P. towards Igualada to the deviation to Guardiola, then towards Santa Maria de Bellver)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 118, 527): baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin ornamented with bands of geometrical motifs: one is zig-zag, another triangles and yet another or rectangular motifs; at the upper basin side a flat moulding. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984)
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 387745 4587558
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.43175, 1.65646
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 25′ 54.3″ N, 1° 39′ 23.26″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 18.5 [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 82 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 119 cm
Basin Depth: 58 cm
Basin Total Height: 67 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527) 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-, vol. XIX: 119, 527