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Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 May 2005)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2005
Image Source: Digital photograph by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 May 2005)
INFORMATION
FontID: 10863PAU
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off the GI610, about 10 km NW of Roses/Rosas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at nearby Palau-saverdera, for example
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Large cauldron-like monolithic font of the type often found in this area, on both sides of the Pyrénées; it is totally plain, without a base; the flat wooden cover with a Maltese cross decoration is modern. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the photograph of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no