Granyena de les Garrigues

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design element - patterns - ribbed
design element - patterns - torsade
view of church exterior
view of church exterior - portal
view of church interior - baptistery
view of church interior - nave
INFORMATION
FontID: 18469GRA
Church/Chapel: Església primitiva de Sant Miquel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century [composite stoup?], Medieval [composite]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
In the baptismal chapel of this church is kept an object that appears to be a samll medieval holy-water stoup; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin, the sides decorated with a ribbed pattern, much damaged now; it is raised on a torsade pedestal base and an octagonal lower base. The object could well a composite of three unrelated parts. [NB: we have no information on the font of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
41.432169,
0.64925
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
41° 25′ 55.81″ N,
0° 38′ 57.3″ E
UTM: 31T 303588 4589401
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round