Montcorbau
Image copyright © Montse Rota Serra, 2020
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 16 September 2020)
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 1999 by BSI
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus
Scene Description: very stylised, geometric
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of basin - west side
Scene Description: the back side of the basin
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of church exterior - south porch - detail
Scene Description: the carved Chi-Rho christogram on the ground is said to have belonged to the medieval church here
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
Scene Description: the 18thC portal -- the date February 1702 appears on the large plaque above the door
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view of church exterior - northeast view - detail
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Isidre blanc, 2016
Image Source: digital photograoh taken 30 July 2016 by Isidre blanc [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:VAL_D'ARAN_-_MONTCORBAU_-_IB-729.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2020]
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view of church interior - lavabo or piscina?
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of font in context
Scene Description: this chapel is located at the west end of the nave, on the north side
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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view of church interior - looking east
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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design element - motifs - geometric
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: a row on the lower of the two mouldings that make up the lower base
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design element - motifs - moulding
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design element - architectural - arch, niche or window
Scene Description: with geometric motifs between some of them
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Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2020 by Montse Rota Serra
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02233MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 1999-06-19
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Betlan, Begos, Vielha, etc., also in the Val d'Aran
Church / Chapel Name: Iglesia de San Esteban / Glèisa de Sant Estèue / Església de Sant Esteve
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W chapel in the N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: original Romanesque church; modified 15th and 18thC
Church Address: Carrèr Sant Esteve, 9, 13, 25537 Montcorbau, Lérida / Lleida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the N-230, just NE of Betlan, 3 km. N of Vielha / Viella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Historical Region: Terçon de Marcatosa, Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Additional Comments: [NB: during our 1999 visit to this church we were allowed to photograph the font with much reluctance [resistance?] from the churchwarden, who eventually refused to allow us to take the measurements of the font or to locate the possible drainage].
Font Notes:
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Described in Buron (1980) as a baptismal font ornamented with vegetal motifs. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) with a suggested dating to the second half of the 12th or first half of the 13th century. Described and illustrated in Amiell (2007). This font is very similar to the one at Sant Miqueu in Vielha, as well as to others in this valley, a cylindrical basin ornamented with a vine of foliage in large scale; the lower part of the basin is chamferred; the stem of the base is ornamented with a blind arcade of round arches intercalated with geometric or zig-zag motifs; the lower base consists of two large mouldings, the lower one ornamented with a row of ball motif, as is common with other such fonts in the area. "Romanesque font from the XII century" (ACTUR, 1999, p.5). On-site notes: iron staples of the old cover still present; the flat palin cover in use now is modern [NB: during our 1999 visit to this church we were allowed to photograph the font with much reluctance [resistance?] from the churchwarden, who eventually refused to allow us to take the measurements of the font or to locate the possible drainage].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 319061 4733337
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.731227, 0.789765
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 43′ 52.42″ N, 0° 47′ 23.15″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (local)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 64 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 82 cm*
Basin Total Height: 37 cm*
Height of Base: 61 cm [calculated]
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1984- , v. XIII: 447) [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: flat plain wooden lid; the staples of the old cover are still in place in the upper rim of the basin
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, 34-35 and ill. on p. 35
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIII: 447-448