Sota-Ribes / Sant Pere de Sota-Ribes

INFORMATION

FontID: 08336SOT
Church/Chapel: Sant Pere de Sota-ribes [orig. the old Romanesque chapel of the castle, later Baroque church replaced by the new one ca. 1910]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Sant Pere de Ribes, in the Garraf region
Font Location in Church: [unknown]
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
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]
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: 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-