Ginestarre No. 2, Santa Maria

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02331GIN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Santa Maria
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, to the right of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Carrer Unic Ginestarre, 19, 25571 Ginestarre, Lleida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: In the Vall de Cardós (Pallars Sobirà, Lerida), off the L-504 and a few kms. of Esterri de Cardós.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
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

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.596569, 1.262429
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, p. 260
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XV, 180
  • Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999, p. 107