Villafranca del Penedes / Vilafranca del Penedès

INFORMATION

FontID: 08332VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: [in a museum]

Country Name: Spain

Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located 40 km W of Barcelona capital

Font Location in Church: [in a museum]

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527), after Cruañes-Virella (1984): medieval baptismal font in the Museu de Vilafranca; cauldron-shaped basin; no base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cauldron-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 81 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 99 cm

Basin Depth: 53 cm*

Basin Total Height: 65 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 65 cm

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