Bleda

INFORMATION

FontID: 08273BLE
Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Maria de la Bleda
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Santa Margarida i els Monjos, just SW of Vilafranca del Penedès
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [earlier, it was kept outside, atached to one of the exterior walss]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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).

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-