Vilamos No. 2 / Vilamós
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B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
Scene Description: many such, some vertical, some on their sides, in the compartments made by the rope motifs
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B02: design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: all around the lower part of the basin side, plus some vertical ones dividing the basin side into sections
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BU01: symbol - star - 8-point - in a circle
Scene Description: a large one on the side of the underbowl
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BU02: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 2
Scene Description: two large ones, horizontally carved on the side of the underbowl
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LB01: design element - motifs - nail-head
Scene Description: all over the stem of the base
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LB02: design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: three or four rope mouldings make up the lower base
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02238VIL
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 1999-06-19
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Santa Mare de Deu / Santa Maria de Vilamos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the right of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: "One of the oldest and most interesting churches in the valley. Erected towards the end of the XI century, the tower is romanesque and in it are embedded various frontals of cinerary urns of the roman period... The bell tower door is pre-romanesque (X century)" (ACTUR, 1999, p.5)
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In the Vall d'Aran, N-W of Viella/Vielha
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Gavín (1977): even though the execution of the ornamentation is rather crude, this stoup still manages to retain a certain identity and originality, perhaps due to the odd combination of ornamental motifs: the hemispheric basin has a not-very-straight rope motif all around; above it, a hodge-podge of arches, paddles, spirals, etc.; below it, on the underbowl, a few larger motifs common in the area (stars or rosettes inside circles, etc.); the tall slender pedestal of the base has a striking nail-head pattern all over it, and the lower base is made of several rol-mouldings with rope pattern on them. Listed in Buron (1980). Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) as both, beautifully ornamented ["bellament ornamentada"] and as a very crude and archaic piece ["una peça molt tosca i arcaïtzant"] in two different entries. Noted in Amiell (2007) as a Romanesque stoup raised on a pedestal base.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.74944, 0.72750
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 44′ 58″ N, 0° 43′ 39″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (composite) (local)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 5-7 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 47-49 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 58-61 cm*
Basin Total Height: 30-32 cm*
Height of Base: 74 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 104 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI *[NB: the basin is rather irregular; the measurements given in Catalunya rom... are within thses ranges]
REFERENCES
- Amiell, Josep M., "Piques baptismal de la Val d'Aran", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 32-35; p. 33
- Buron, Vicenç, Esglésies romàniques catalanes, 2a. ed., Barcelona: Artestudi, 1980, p. 331
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIII: 452
- Gavín, Josep M., Inventari d'esglésies [28+ vols.], Barcelona: Arxiu Gavín / Artestudi, 1977-, vol. 2, p. 242, V. Ar. 83