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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 (email of 24 December 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 (email of 24 December 2004)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10424ROC
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Feliu
Church Patron Saints: St. Felix
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located just NW of Beget, off the C151/D115, 25-30 km N of Olot, just S of the French border at Coll d'Ares
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the single nave, N side
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Fonts of this type are common in the area on both sides of the border
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font of a type common in this area, the Catalan Pyrénées, on both sides of the border: large plain tub basin, practically hemispherical, raised on a short thin base; wooden font cover with metal hinges, modern. [We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no