Caves Marques de Monistrol, Sant Sadurní d'Anoia

INFORMATION

FontID: 08286RIO
Church/Chapel: [unknown]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located NW of Vilafranca del P., in the northeastern reaches of the Alt Penedès region
Font Location in Church: unknown
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
A baptismal font is reported at the Caves Marquès de Monistrol, a well-known Catalan wine 'château'; the basin is described in Cruañes-Virella (1984) as cauldron-shaped, without a base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 13.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 76 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm
Basin Depth: 60 cm
Basin Total Height: 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: Cruañes-Virella (1984) cited in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527)

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-