Torrelles de Foix

INFORMATION

FontID: 08330TOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Santuari de Santa Maria de Foix / Mare de Déu de Foix

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Spain

Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located 13 km WNW of Vilafranca del P., in the NW of the Alt Penedès region

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Somewhat similar to the font at nearby Pontons

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 211, 527): medieval baptismal font; the basin is roughly bucket-shaped, ornamented with three flat bands all around it; pedestal base; listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 13 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 81 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 107 cm

Basin Depth: 54 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527), after Cruañes-Virella (1984)

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-