Montesquiu

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B02: design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a hexagon - 2

Image Source: Catalunya romanica (1984- vol. XXIV: 584)

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design element - motifs - geometric

Scene Description: floral-like

Image Source: Catalunya romanica (1984- vol. XXIV: 584)

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the ruins of the castle and chapel

Image Source: digital image in Inventari del Patrimoni Arquitectònic. Direcció General del Patrimoni Cultural de la Generalitat de Catalunya [http://invarquit.cultura.gencat.cat/Cerca/Fitxa?index=0&consulta=&codi=1912] [accessed 6 April 2017]

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view of font - plan

Image Source: Catalunya romanica (1984- vol. XXIV: 584)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08387MON

Church/Chapel: [originally from Sant Joan de Montisquiu, the chapel of Montesquiu castle]

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: The abandoned hamlet of Montesquiu is located 3 km SE of Vallbona de les Monges, off the local LV-2021, ESE of Lérida/Lleida, in the municipality of Isona, Urgell region

Font Location in Church: [now in a private home in nearby Vallbona de les Monges]

Century and Period: 13th century (late?), Gothic

Church Notes: Montesquiu may have laid abandoned since the 16thC, when its inhabitants moved to populate nearby Vallbona; some of the stones of the old chapel went into the building of Vallbona's parish church

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Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXIV: 584): tub-shaped cylindrical basin made of local sandstone and dated probably to the late 13th century; the font, originally from the church of Sant Joan, the chapel of the castle of Montesquiu, is now in a private residence in nearby Vallbona de les Monges. The basin has been much damaged around the upper rim area, of which most is now missing; the sides are ornamented with large motifs: a geometric rodette of crossing circles in a hexagon and, to either side of it, a six-petal floral motif.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.505573, 1.119256

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 30′ 20.06″ N, 1° 7′ 9.32″ E

UTM: 31T 343038 4596590

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: tub-shaped (cylindrical)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 7 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 34 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 48 cm*

Basin Depth: 23 cm*

Basin Total Height: 35 cm*

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXIV: 584)

REFERENCES

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