Sant Joan de les Abadesses No. 2 / San Juan de las Abadesas
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]
Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (e-mail of 21/5/2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 09618ABA
Church/Chapel: Monestir de Sant Joan de les Abadesses [original font of the monastery [later parish] church]
Church Patron Saints: St. John
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located on the C151, 10 km ENE of Ripoll
Font Location in Church: Now a fountain In the cloister garden
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A large round stone basin with tapering-in sides and indented underbowl, now serving as fountain in the cloister garden, is identified as the original baptismal font of this monastery [cf. Index entry for Sant Joan de les Abadesses No. 1 for the current baptismal font, formerly from the parish church of Sant Joan i Sant Pol] [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the information on, and photographs of this font].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round