Salselles / Salcelles / Santa Maria de Salselles / Salcelles
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14746SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Santa Maria de Salselles
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: An abandoned village located in the municipality of Borredà, in the Berguedà area
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: oil font? / pica d'oli?
Church Notes: the church and the village are abandoned
Font Notes:
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A stone rectangular container of the type commonly known in the area as 'oil fonts' ["piques d'oli"]; the front side is decorated with a six-petal motif inscribed in a circle on the right side, on the left a classical interlace of four knots; in between these two is an incised inscription [PER O GRAD?] [NB: it is not known whether these motifs are original or a later addition]; the back side is damaged and has a piece missing [source image: http://www.salvemsalselles.org/historia.html [accessed 27 May 2009]] [cf. Index entry for Lluçà for another Romanesque font originally from this church, later moved to Lluçà]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the front side
Inscription Text: [cf. FontNotes]