Ginestarre No. 2, Santa Maria
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade
B02: human figure
Scene Description: several, inside the arches
INFORMATION
FontID: 02331GIN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Carrer Unic Ginestarre, 19, 25571 Ginestarre, Lleida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: In the Vall de Cardós (Pallars Sobirà, Lerida), off the L-504 and a few kms. of Esterri de Cardós.
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, to the right of the entrance
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Romanesque holy-water stoup with "figures elementals" (Buron, 1980, p.260). A "holy-water stoup with the same ornamentation as the baptismal font" on the wall, to the right of the entrance (Mestre i Godes, 1999). Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XV: 180) as a holy-water stoup mounted on a modern base; the basin, of difficult dating, is ornmamented with a crude arcade containg human figures; a stone with a hole in it has been set on top of the basin and it allows access to the holy water inside.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.596569, 1.262429
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 35′ 48″ N, 1° 15′ 45″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 24 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 37 cm
Basin Total Height: 26 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XV: 180)
LID INFORMATION
Material: stone
Notes: set into the wall, a stone with a whole in the middle acts as cover
REFERENCES
Buron, Vicenç, Esglésies romàniques catalanes, 2a. ed., Barcelona: Artestudi, 1980
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-
Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999