Sota-Ribes / Sant Pere de Sota-Ribes

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08336SOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Sant Pere de Sota-ribes [orig. the old Romanesque chapel of the castle, later Baroque church replaced by the new one ca. 1910]
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: "Entre 1663 i 16774 a Sota-ribes, a tocar del castell, l'antiga capella romànica del castell va convertir-se en l'església vella, d'estil barroc." [source: http://www.ribes.org/txacateru.php?tria=4]
Church Address: 08810 Sant Pere de Ribes, Barcelona. Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of the BV-2112, in the municipality of Sant Pere de Ribes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Garraf
Font Notes:
Listed in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 527), after Cruañes-Virella (1984): medieval (?) baptismal font; the basin is drawn in this source as goblet-shaped with a short base now missing.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 396576 4568230

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, goblet-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 77 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm
Basin Depth: 48 cm
Basin Total Height: 81 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 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-, vol. XIX: 527, after Cruañes-Virella (1984)