Bleda / La Bleda
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08273BLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria de la Bleda
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [earlier, it was kept outside, atached to one of the exterior walss]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Carrer de la Bleda, 21, 08730 Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the B-212, in the municipality of Santa Margarida i els Monjos, 4 km W of Vilafranca del Penedès
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Alt Penedès
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 193) as a baptismal font that was kept outside the church until recently; it is a bucket-shaped tub devoid of any ornamentation and very eroded. Listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984).
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 387954 4577764
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.343583, 1.660763
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 20′ 36.9″ N, 1° 39′ 38.75″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 70 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm
Basin Depth: 44 cm*
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Cruañes-Virella (1984) cited in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527) *[estimate 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: 193, 527