Jorba

INFORMATION

FontID: 08340JOR
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Roc i Sant Sebastià [originally from the chapel of the castle?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Roch [aka Roc, Roche, Rock, Roque] & St. Sebastian
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located inb the municipality of Jorba, off the N-II, in the Anoia region
Font Location in Church: Located now in the chapel of Sant Roc i Sant Sebastià that serves as warehouse for archaeological remnants
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 424, 528): a tub-shaped, almost cylindrical, font found buried in the proximity of the Castell de Jorba, from the chapel of which it may well have originated; it is listed with measurements in Cruañes-Virella (1984).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 5.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 59 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm
Basin Depth: 62 cm
Basin Total Height: 70 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIX: 528), 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-