Hortons No. 1 / Sant Llorenç d'Hortons

INFORMATION

FontID: 08271HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Llorenç
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, NE of Vilafranca del P., in the NE reaches of the Alt Penedès
Font Location in Church: In the new 19th-century church, built into the corner formed by the former Ronaesque wall and the sacristy
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 170) as a baptismal font from the old Romanesque church that preceded the present 19th-century church; it is now built into the corner made by the old Romanesque wall and the sacristy; this area was once used as an am=nimal pen and the font as water trough for the beasts. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984) where the basin appears cauldron-shaped.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 88 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm*
Basin Depth: 47 cm*
Basin Total Height: 70 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-