Balaguer

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Results: 7 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BBL01: design element - motifs - ball
BBU01: design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
BIS01: design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
view of basin - interior - insert
view of church exterior - northeast view
INFORMATION
FontID: 16730BAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Santa María [aka Lo Campanar]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located 25 km NW of Lerida/Lleida capital [Coordinates: 41° 47′ 33″ N, 0° 48′ 27″ E 41.7925°, 0.8075°]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century/ 19th century?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, for her photographs of this font
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of large proportions; the round basin has a torus-scotis-torus decoration at the upper rim, with broad ribs that become narrow at the bottom and end in a ball motif; the inside of the basin has concave ribs; a modern small metal insert is now used to hold the holy water. Late font, probably 16th- or 17th-century at the earliest; perhaps 19th-century?.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round