Mollo No. 1 / Molló
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14752MOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església parroquial de Santa Cecília de Molló
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cecilia [aka Caecelia, Cecelia]
Church Address: Carrer de l'Església, 13, 17868 Molló, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 74 03 68
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the C-38, 6 km NE of Camprodon, about 3-4 km S of the country border with France
Historical Region: Ripollès
Font Notes:
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A rectangular object resembling more a trough than a font, although there are many rectangular 'oli fonts' in Catalonia; this one does not resemble most of the others. Is it a font? [cf. http://www.artmedieval.net/castella/santa%20cecilia%20mollo.htm [accessed 27 May 2009] for a recent photograph]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 451085 4688747
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.349444, 2.406111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 20′ 58″ N, 2° 24′ 22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular