Sant Joan de les Abadesses No. 1 / San Juan de las Abadesas
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 8 Aug 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20/5/2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 20/5/2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09613ABA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Monestir de Sant Joan de les Abadesses [parish church, formerly a monastery -- the font is originally from, the parish church of Sant Joan i Sant Pol]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: monastery founded 885; consecrated 887; church much damaged 1428; secularised to collegiate 1592; suppressed 1856
Church Address: Plaça de l'Abadia, S/N, 17860 Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 72 23 53
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N-260, about 10 km ENE of Ripoll
Historical Region: Ripollès
Additional Comments: recycled font: the font was re-tooled in 1911 under the orders of Puig i Cadafalch
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a very large basin of two volumes: the upper cylindrical and the lower bucket-shaped, and a small base in the shape of a squat square pedestal. This font was ordered re-tooled by Puig i Cadafalch at the time of the 1911 restoration of the Monastery [Sant Joan had become a parish church after the so-called "desamortización de Mendizábal", the large confiscation of Church property named after the minister responsible for its administration]. The font has a modern glass dome covering. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, and to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the images of this font] [cf. Index entry for Sant Joan les Abadesses No. 2 for the original font of the monastery church, now serving as water fountain in the cloister garden]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 441095 4676023
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.234167, 2.286111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 14′ 3″ N, 2° 17′ 10″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round