Savella / Sabella

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08376SAV
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: [originally in the church of Sant Pere de Savella / Sabella]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared since pre-1936]]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified 15th, 17thC
Church Address: uninhabited village of Sabella, Conesa -- [old road] de Conesa a Forès, s/n, 43427, Conesa, Conesa, La Conca de Barberà, Tarragona
Site Location: Tarragona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Locatedoff (E) the T-222, in the municipality and 4-5 km W of Conesa, NE of about 20 km NE of Montblach / Montblanc, 45-50 km N of Tarragona capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Tarragona
Historical Region: Conca de Barberà
Additional Comments: stolen stoup
Font Notes:
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 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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 353728 4597661
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.517232, 1.247031
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 31′ 2.03″ N, 1° 14′ 49.31″ E

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-, vol. XXI: 474