Barbera del Valles / Barberà del Vallès

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09777BAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (early) (?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: A similar stoup at Santa Maria de les Arenes
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria de Barberà del Vallès
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Av. de la Generalitat, 79, 08210 Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 937 18 01 50
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Locatedoff (E) the N-150, 1-2 km SE of Sabadell
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Vallès Occidental
Font Notes:
Described in Ferrando i Roig (1997: 150) as a holy-water stoup decorated with an open hand on its underbowl, a stoup similar to, but of cruder workmanship than the one at Santa Maria de les Arenes, also in the Vallès region [cf. Index entry]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 427150 4597608
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.5268, 2.1268
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 31′ 36.48″ N, 2° 7′ 36.48″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Ferrando i Roig, Antoni, La vall del riu Ripoll: la vall d'Horta, la vall de Mur, les Arenes i Cadafalc, [Barcelona]: Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 1997, p. 150