Mollo No. 2 / Molló

INFORMATION

FontID: 14753MOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Església parroquial de Santa Cecília de Molló
Church Patron Saints: St. Cecilia [aka Caecelia, Cecelia]
Church Location: Carrer de l'Església, 13, 17868 Molló, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 74 03 68
Country Name: Spain
Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya
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 Location in Church: inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
One of two rectangular objects that are kept in this chruch and suposedly had been used as baptismal fonts in the past; it appears monolithic, with short partial mouldings at the upper rim; the interior of the basin well is deep, also octagonal; it appears tall enough not to need a base. It does not resemble any of the designs of fonts in this area. Is it a font? [cf. http://www.artmedieval.net/castella/santa%20cecilia%20mollo.htm [accessed 27 May 2009] for a recent photograph]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.349444, 2.406111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 20′ 58″ N, 2° 24′ 22″ E
UTM: 31T 451085 4688747

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular