Arties No. 1

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Image Source: digital photograph by Javier Torrens Alzu

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02400ART

Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Joan

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Church Location: Carrer Carretera;Ag. Arties, 9, 25539 Arties, Lleida, Spain -- Tel.: +34 973 64 18 15

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the C1412, 5-6 km E of Viella/Vielha

Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens Alzu, for his photograph of this font

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: we were informed locally that a former holy-water stoup ["pica beneitera"] was being used for baptisms but, upon inspection, we found a large cauldron-like plain basin with a short chamfer and a tiny pedestal base. An unlikely stoup anywhere, but especially in this valley where the stoups tend to be tall but very small in volume. The font is totally plain and the chisel/adze work rather coarse. The only ornamentation visible are several crosses on the upper rim; these may be original or later incisions.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.7, 0.87

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 42′ N, 0° 52′ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (local)

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: cylindrical

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 16-17 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 75-76 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 109-111 cm

Basin Depth: 30 cm

Basin Total Height: 51 cm

Height of Base: 20 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 71 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no