Ripoll No. 2

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Results: 5 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
LB01: design element - motifs - foliage
LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
view of basin - upper view
INFORMATION
FontID: 11198RIP
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Monastery Church of St. Mary
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located on the N152, about 60 km WNW of Gerona capital
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the SE wall
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
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A holy-water stoup located on the south-east wall of the church; it appears to have been recycled from a small Romanesque capital, square in shape, and raised over a slender colonnette, both decorated with foliage motifs; the lower end of the base is round and moulded, on a square plinth.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Rim Thickness: 10 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 20 cm
Basin Total Height: 32 cm
Height of Base: 61 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 111 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 40 x 40 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI