Castellar de Nug / Castellar de N'Hug

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B01: design element - motifs - palmette

Image Source: Digital photograph from Juan Antonio Olañeta

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B02: symbol - water?

Image Source: Digital photograph from Juan Antonio Olañeta

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B03: design element - motifs - unidentified

Image Source: Digital photograph from Juan Antonio Olañeta

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Image Source: Digital photograph from Juan Antonio Olañeta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 4 September 2005)

INFORMATION

FontID: 10958CAS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Maria

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: Spain

Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located on the BV4031, just SE of La Molina ski station, about 40 km WNW of Ripoll

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photograph of this object

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font [or holy-water stoup] consisting of a smallish cylindrical basin raised on a tall cylindrical stem; the sides of the basin are decorated with palmette motifs as well as with a band that appears to resemble water in which other -unidentified- motifs are lined up; it appears to be of late date, probably 16th or 17th century. [We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photograph of this object]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round