Bossost / Bossòst / Bosost

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design element - motifs - leaf or spur

Scene Description: probably a leaf of sorts, scrolled at the upper end

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Le portail nord de l'église de Bossòst, Val d'Aran, Catalogne, Espagne."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossost_église_portail_nord.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: "Le tympan du portail nord de l'église de Bossòst, Val d'Aran, Catalogne, Espagne."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossost_église_portail_nord_tympan.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Le portail sud de l'église de Bossòst, Val d'Aran, Catalogne, Espagne."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossost_église_portail_sud.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - south portal

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Image Source: B&W digital image of a colour photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: "Le tympan du portail sud de l'église de Bossòst, Val d'Aran, Catalogne, Espagne."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossost_église_portail_sud_tympan.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossost_église.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: with the tower on the north side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2009 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bossóst,_Mair_de_Diu_dera_Purificacio-PM_32085.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto-g-rovi, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 Janyary 206 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_l'Assumpcio-Bossòst_(6).jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of church interior - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alberto-g-rovi, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 Janyary 206 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_l'Assumpcio-Bossòst_(4).jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI

view of font in context

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 1999 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier en marbre blanc des Pyrénées"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Villafruela, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2010 by Daniel Villafruela [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mair_de_Deu_dera_purificacion-Bénitier.jpg] [accessed 27 July 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02241BOS
Church/Chapel: Santa Maria de Bossost / Era Assumpcion de Maria de Bossost / Glèisa dera Assompcion de Maria / Assumpció de Bossost / La Purificació de Bossòst / La Puríssima de Bossòst / Mair de Diu dera Purificacion
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Calle Iglesia, 25550 Bosost, Lérida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off the N-230, just E across the border from Bagnères-de-Luchon, 15-20 km NW of Vielha
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: "One of the most beautiful examples of romanesque Aran... building's original structure has been practically untouched... it has two romanesque doors... original and magnificient tympanum" (ACTUR, 1999, p.6)
Noted by Gudiol (2008) in his 1907 visit simply as a plain immersion font. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) where it is suggested that it dates from the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century. Noted in Amiell (2007). On-site notes: baptismal font with graded chamfered sides, looking like a collapsible drinking glass; not a typical font of the area, but probably of about the same period as the others; there is some damage to the upper rim of the basin, although the staples of the cover are still in place.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.78576, 0.6922
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 47′ 8.74″ N, 0° 41′ 31.92″ E
UTM: 31T 311239 4739607

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (graded basin)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 13-14 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 89-91 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 115-116 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm
Basin Total Height: 53 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: old cover staples still in place

REFERENCES

ACTUR (www.actur.com/romai.htm], 1999. [URL discontinued / non active].
Alcolea Blanch, Santiago, La missió arqueològica del 1907 als Pirineus, Barcelona: Fundació Institut Amatller d'Art Hispànic; Obra Social, Fundació La Caixa, 2008
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-