Vilavedra No. 1 / Sant Martí i Sant Serni de Vilavedra

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08419VIL
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí i Sant Serni [in ruins]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours & St. Sernin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Bellver de Cerdaña/Cerdanya, just S of Ceborriu, in the Ingla river-valley
Font Location in Church: in the excavated ruins of this church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Single-nave church; flourished in the 12th century
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXVII: 193-194): monolithic limestone baptismal font probably of the 12th century, found in the excavations of the site carried out in the mid-1990s; the bucket-shaped object has a flat band around the upper basin side as sole ornamentation and was found near the door of the church. Ventosa i Serra (2004) illustrates the font in the context of the church ruins. [NB: cf. Index entry for Vilavedra No. 2 for the oil font found in the same site]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm
Basin Total Height: 100 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXVII: 193)

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-
Ventosa i Serra, Enric, Les esglésies romàniques de la Cerdanya, Barcelona: Farell, 2004