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
Font ID: 09618ABA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th 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: Now a fountain In the cloister garden
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: now serving as water fountain -- have images MUST USE
Font Notes:
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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].
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: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round