Cazau / Casau

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02317CAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Andreu de Casau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Casau, 25538 Lérida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In the hamlet of Cazau, a Viella/Vielha commune
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
Durliat calls the style of the baptismal font of Cazau archaistic and does not think that either the font or the stoup can belong to the Romanesque period: "ce travail barbare ne paraît pas pouvoir remonter à l'époque romane". The basin has flat relief carvings showing a six-point star, two fish facing each-other, a fleur-de-lis; there is also an Agnus Dei, a pair of peacocks drinking from a single vessel, and several humans and animals engaged in enigmatic scenes. The base has human heads typical of other Pyrenees fonts (Durliat, 1978, p.206)

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.706487, 0.786446
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 23.35″ N, 0° 47′ 11.21″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (grey)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Durliat, Marcel, Pyrénées romanes, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1978, p. 205-206