Ciudadela No. 1 / Ciutadella

Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2006
Standing permission
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
B02: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - mascaron
BBL01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
R01: design element - motifs - moulding - flat moulding
INFORMATION
FontID: 12046CIU
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Menorca, Islas Baleares / Illes Balears
Directions to Site: Located at the western end of the island
Font Location in Church: In the patio of the cloister of the Old Seminary
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The shallow round basin of a baptismal font now located in the inner courtyard of the old Seminary of this town; the sides are decorated with small mascarons and foliage between two mouldings; similar foliage decoration on the underbowl; the base of the font is missing. We have no information on the original church where this object came from. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for the photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round