Ullastret / Sant Andreu de Ullastret / Vellosos

INFORMATION

FontID: 14745ULL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Museum and Inventory Number: Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Ullastret

Church/Chapel: Sant Andreu d'Ullastret

Country Name: Spain

Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located ENE of La Bisbal

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 9th century, Pre-Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Badia-Homs (2007) reports a pre-Romaesque font, probably 9th-century or earlier, now in the garden of the Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya at the Iberian site of Ullatret; it is described as monolithic and bucket-shaped and devoir of any onamentation.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: bucket-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Badia-Homs, Joan, "Les piques baptismals romàniques de l'Empordà", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 7-9; p. 8