Jorba
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08340JOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Roc i Sant Sebastià [originally from the chapel of the castle?]
Font Location in Church: Located now in the chapel of Sant Roc i Sant Sebastià that serves as warehouse for archaeological remnants
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Roch [aka Roc, Roche, Rock, Roque] & St. Sebastian
Church Address: 08719 Jorba, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-II, in the municipality of Jorba, 6-7 km W of Igualada
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Anoia
Additional Comments: abandoned font: found buried near the castle from which it is believed to have originated
Font Notes:
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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).
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 378874 4606444
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.60052, 1.54651
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 36′ 1.87″ N, 1° 32′ 47.44″ E
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-, vol. XIX: 528, after Cruañes-Virella (1984)