Tossa de Montbui No. 2
Results: 5 records
design element - motifs - knob - 4
Scene Description: or, are they heads? [cf. FontNotes]
design element - motifs - piping
Scene Description: the extension of the knobs/heads down the sides of the underbowl
design element - motifs - rope moulding
view of stoup
Scene Description: seen free-standing here, raised on a short shaft
view of stoup
Scene Description: it appears to be attached to the wall in this photograph
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22803TOS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de Santa Maria de la Tossa de Montbui / Església de Santa Maria de Gràcia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: pre-Romanesque church of the late-10thC [987?]; modified ca. 1032; 16thC portal; served as parish church until 1614; restored 1954
Church Address: La Tossa de Montbui, 08710 Santa Margarida de Montbui, Barcelona, Spain
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the C-37, in the municipality and just 1 km W of Santa Margarida de Montbui, about 5 km WSW of Igualada, 40-50 km NW of Barcelona capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Barcelona
Historical Region: Conca d'Òdena, Comarca de l'Anoia
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup consisting of a square-to-round basin decorated with four knobs (?) at 90-degree angles [NB: the 'knobs' could be or have been human heads, but are now very worn/eroded] where the lower part extends down the sides as piping; the inner basin wel is round; at the bottom of the basin is a rope moulding all around; plain circular stem; square lower base; the stoup is attched to or mounted on a short column. [NB: the stoup appears to heve been re-set lately: one photograph shows it attached to the wall whereas another shows it mounted on a short column and detached from the wall -- cf. ImagesArea]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Merce Roca Serra for her photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 381591 4601899
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.56, 1.58
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 33′ 36″ N, 1° 34′ 48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system
Drainage Notes: no lining