Queralbs / Kerosalbos
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image and permission received (e-mail of June 5, 2004)
Results: 4 records
B01: symbol - cross - Latin - anchored
Scene Description: on the front of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of June 5, 2004)
B02: design element - motifs - wave
Scene Description: a sinuous line all around the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of June 5, 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of June 5, 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adrian & Gill Smith
Image Source: digital photograph by Adrian & Gill Smith
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and permssion received from the authors (e-mail of 18/5/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09611QUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Jaume
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: church built 978; modified late-11thC and later
Church Address: Carrer de L'Església, 10, 17534 Queralbs, Girona, Spain
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 20 km N of Ripoll
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font locally dated to the 11th century; it consists of a hemispherical basin, apparently of coarse-grain granite, decorated with a Latin cross at the front, and with a sinuous line all around; this basin is raised on a quadrangular pedestal of two volumes, the lower one a little wider. The entry for this church in the Enciclopedia del romanico [https://www.romanicodigital.com/sites/default/files/pdfs/files/Queralbs.pdf] [accessed 24 November 2024] does not mention a font in it.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta of www.claustro.com, and to Adrian and Gill Smith for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 430916 4688812
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.348502, 2.161237
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 54.61″ N, 2° 9′ 40.45″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite? (basin only)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round