Mediona

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08270MED
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria / Santa Maria del Castell de Mediona
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: BV-2136, 51, 08773 Sant Pere Sacarrera, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BV-2136, NNW of Vilafranca del Penedès
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Alt Penedès
Additional Comments: broken font: only a fragment from the bottom of the basin remains
Font Notes:
Listed in Cruañes-Virella (1984) as a the fragment of the bottom of baptismal font from the church of Santa Maria de Mediona; the reconstruction in this source shows the object as roughly bucket-shaped and without a base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 386575 4592523
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.476289, 1.641528
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 28′ 34.64″ N, 1° 38′ 29.5″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: [fragment]
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 72 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Basin Depth: 41 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Cruañes-Virella (1984) cited in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527) *[all measurements of this font are estimates in the source]

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: 527 [after Cruañes-Virella (1984]