Savella

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B01: human figure - 4

Scene Description: one on each side, a crudely rendered head on a sketchy body

INFORMATION

FontID: 08376SAV
Church/Chapel: [originally in the church of Sant Pere de Savella]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: Spain
Location: Tarragona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Conesa, NE of Montblach/Montblanc, towards Santa Coloma De Queralt, in the Conca de Barberà region
Font Location in Church: [disappeared since pre-1936]]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXI: 474) as a holy-water stoup made from a Romanesque capital; each side of the capital has a large crudely-rendered human head towards the upper side followed down by a sketchy body; the stoup appears to have been stolen from the interior of the church prior to the commencement of the Spanish Civil War [July 1936]; its present whereabouts are unknown.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: Other (capital)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-