Gausac No. 1 / Gausach / Gaussac
Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Results: 37 records
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
human figure - artisan - sculptor - with tools
Scene Description: the carver of the font?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: under the human head
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 2
Scene Description: in the two spandrels of the arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
human figure - head
Scene Description: a human head on a fleur-de-lys; the f'loating head' is a common motif in medieval fonts in the former diocese of Comminges and also of parts of northern Spain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns - torsade columns
Scene Description: only one full arcade and the begining of another
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
cleric - bishop - with staff
Scene Description: His right hand almost touches the fleur de lis in the spandrel; is the bishop's staff piercing through an animal?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
human figure - warrior - on horseback - with shield and spear
Scene Description: riding towards the left
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 5-petal
Scene Description: one of them is visible in this image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
symbol - star - 5-point
Scene Description: one such is visible in this image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
design element - motifs - vine - acanthus - foliage
Scene Description: with 4- or 5-petal motifs inscribed in its twirls
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: inside the porch on the south side of the tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior - tower - south porch - detail
Scene Description: on the left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the steeple of the church tower is visible towards the back, centre of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior - tower
Scene Description: the 15thC (?) tower has a porch on the south side; it gives access to the west of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior - tower - porch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior - tower - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of church exterior - porch and portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of church exterior - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Urisole, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 February 2015 by Urisole [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_San_Martín_de_Gausac.png] [accessed 24 October 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - south porch and portal
Scene Description: the depth of the porch beneath the tower can be appreciated here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jmarchn, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2010 by Jmarchn [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esglesia_St_Marti_Gausac_porxo.JPG] [accessed 24 October 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - piscina?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the font cover open
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
view of church interior - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 11 September 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 September 2020)
angel - 7
Scene Description: painted on the interior of the lid
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02229GAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-18
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Escunyau
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia Parroquial de San Martín / Església parroquial de Sant Martí
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove at the W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: This church "gothic in style, is the best of the valley." (ACTUR, 1999: 4).
Church Address: 25538 Gausac, Lérida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Gausac is located off (W) the N-230, WNW of Mijaran, in the Vall d'Aran, WNW of Vielha
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran / Val d'Aran
Font Notes:
Click to view
The articles in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) describe, discuss and illustrate the font and the ornamentation program in detail but they shy away from any attempt at interpreting the program other than to suggest that the figures might refer to St. Martin himself, patron saint of this church [NB: programs of this type have been found in French fonts of about the same period just across the border in the Haute-Garonne, for example, or in the Hautes-Alpes, area around Briançon; there is nothing here that particularly harks back at the legend of this saint]. Described in Mestre i Godes (1999) as a baptismal font of the Romanesque period; the cylindrical basin is ornamented with human figures and vegetal motifs. Noted in Amiell (2007). On-site notes: motifs from left to right: 1)artist with his tools [the carver of the font?] under a round arch; column and spandrel with fleur de lis; 2)fleur de lis with human head above, under a round arch; fleur de lis in the spandrel [end of arcade]; 3)male clerical figure with baculum in his left hand, the right points is very close to the fleur de lis in the previous spandrel; 4)mounted knight with lance and oval shield ending in a point below rides towards the left; 5)the whole back of the font, like the one at Escunyau, is covered with non-figural motifs, in this case a beatiful vine with three 5-point and one 6-point stars in its twirls. The base is a plain cylindrical pedestal. The font has a truncated-cone cover made of wood, of the type Bond (1908) calls "rim buffet"; it looks quite dull on the outside but, when opened, has beautiful angels painted in the most brilliant hues of gold, blue, yellow, red, etc.; these articulated covers painted on the inside are not an unknown occurence in the alpine areas of France, but it is the only one we found in this valley. Noted in ACTUR (1999: 4) with a mixed-up message: "A romanesque baptism tub though the church itself is Gothic" (!). The shape of the shield, the fleurs-de-lis, etc., are suggestive of at least the 13th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 319193 4730697
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.7075, 0.792222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 27″ N, 0° 47′ 32″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (composite) (local)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 9-10 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 69 cm* / 67 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 86 cm* / 85 cm**
Height of Basin Side: 30 cm*
Basin Total Height: 44 cm*
Height of Base: 38 cm* / 39 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Catalunya romànica (1984- , v. XIII: 430)
LID INFORMATION
Date: Gothic?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: rim-buffet style; beautifully painted on the inside
REFERENCES
- ACTUR (www.actur.com/romai.htm], 1999. [URL discontinued / non active].
- Amiell, Josep M., "Piques baptismal de la Val d'Aran", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 32-35; p. 33
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIII: 430-431
- Gavín, Josep M., Inventari d'esglésies [28+ vols.], Barcelona: Arxiu Gavín / Artestudi, 1977-, vol. 2, p. 225, V. Ar. 55
- Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999, p. 75