Romanya de la Selva / Romañá de la Selva / Romanyà de la Selva

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B1R01: coat of arms - arms of Catalonia

Scene Description: diamond-shaped symbol

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]

Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail 15/10/2003)

B2R01: coat of arms - unidentified

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2008 by Julia Guerra Aranda

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08845ROM

Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: Mercè Rodoreda Gurguí s/n Romanyà de la Selva , 17240, Girona, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the C250, in the municipality of Santa Cristina de Aro, about 12 km NNE of Sant Feliu de Guixols, 25 km S of Gerona capital

Historical Region: Les Gavarres, Baix Empordà

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela and to Julia Guerra Aranda for their photographs of this font

Church Notes: original church ere 9th-10thC, consecrated 1019;

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font probably of the late Gothic period, perhaps the 16th century; the basin is octagonal with a rounded shape, with the lower underbowl tapering in dramatically to a narrow neck, still octagonal, that fuses into the narrow centre ring; the basin sides are plain except for the front one, that is decorated with a Catalan coat of arms in a romboid shape and, below it, a shield bearing another coat of arms (unidentified). Below the centre ring the base is still octagonal but curving outwards to a thin moulding, then a short downwards run, another thin moulding, another downwards run with a protruding peak on alternate sides, and a final square lower base with the angles matching the sides of the stem that have peaks. The basin is covered with a flat wooden lid, octagonal itself, and mounted with sharp iron spikes, probably to avoid anything being placed on it.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.853694, 2.984003

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 51′ 13.3″ N, 2° 59′ 2.41″ E

UTM: 31T 498672 4633532

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) - goblet shaped

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: with metal spikes