Hortons No. 2 / Sant Joan Samora / Sant Llorenç d'Hortons

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08272HOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Joan Samora
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the left of the old Romanesque nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, 08222 Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the BV-2249, in the municipality of Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, NE of Vilafranca del P., in the NE reaches of the Alt Penedès (the church is located in the Casa Gran farmhouse)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as an interesting baptismal font from the old Romanesque church; the basin is roughly bucket-shaped, with two roll mouldings near the upper rim, followed down by a band of inverted triangle motif; lower still, a row of tiangle motif tipped with romboids; at the lower end of the basin side it has a large roll moulding; it is painted in a brownish colour. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984), with a cylindrical base. Described and illustrated in Serra Sanmiquel (2007) with a square pyramidal base, but mentions a circular base from an earlier photograph pf the font.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 404466 4592327
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.47686, 1.85579
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 28′ 36.7″ N, 1° 51′ 20.84″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 11 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 68 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm
Basin Depth: 45 cm
Height of Base: 28 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 89 cm
Notes on Measurements: Cruañes-Virella (1984) cited in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527) and in Serra Sanmiquel (2007)

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: 171, 527
  • Serra Santmiquel [sic], Joan, "Dues piles baptismals romàniques molt particulars", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 18-19; p. 18-19 and ill. on p. 18