Taull No. 1 / Tahull / Taüll

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view of church exterior - northwest end

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

Image Source: digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(3).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche Santa Maria in Taüll in Katalonien (Spanien)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reinhardhauke, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 July 2013 by Reinhardhauke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taüll_Santa_Maria_4820.JPG] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(1).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church exterior - west portal

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

Image Source: digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(10).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - altar - antependium, frontal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Frontal de altar de Santa Maria de Taüll [...] Procede de la iglesia parroquial de Santa Maria de Taüll (La Vall de Boí, Alta Ribagorça). Está pintado al temple sobre tabla, además de las tallas superpuestas. Se data hacia 1200, con un repintado en 1579. Mide 135 x 97 cm. Referencia MNAC 003904-CJT.] -- [NB: this original is located in the MNAC]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ángel M. Felicísimo, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph 30 August 2019 by Ángel M. Felicísimo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frontal_de_altar_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(48996034337).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - apse - painting

Scene Description: [NB: the originals are in the MNAC; the paintings inside the church are reproductions]

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

Image Source: digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(9).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - apse - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Ábside de Santa Maria de Taüll [...] Procede de la iglesia parroquial de Santa Maria de Taüll (La Vall de Boí, Alta Ribagorça). Son frescos arrancados y traspasados a lienzo en 1923. Está datado hacia 1123. Referencia MNAC 015863-CJT.] -- [NB: these originals are located in the MNAC]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ángel M. Felicísimo, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph 30 August 2019 by Ángel M. Felicísimo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ábside_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(48995905791).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cultural Heritage Spain RI-51-0000693"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 21 February 2009 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taüll_-_Església_de_Santa_Maria.jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Arrancada de frescos a Santa Maria de Tahull amb la tècnica del strappo [...] Portada de la Gaseta de les Arts. Núm.4 (1924)" -- showing the removal process of the 12thC frescoes from the church interior walls; the frescoes were transferred to cloth and reinstalled in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) in Barcelona [NB: those now in the church interior are reproductions]

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph by Adolf Mas i Ginestà in the cover of the Gaseta de les Arts. Núm.4 (1924) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gaseta_de_les_arts_arrancada_fresc.jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: view of a part of the frescoes on the south wall [NB: the originals are in the MNAC; the paintings inside the church are reproductions]

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

Image Source: digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(11).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "mural painting [...] after 1123 [...] unknown author [...] David and Goliath from Santa Maria de Taüll [...] Fresco transferred to canvas"] -- [NB: this original is located in the MNAC]

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Image Source: digital photograph Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) / Google Art Project [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_and_Goliath_from_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: a font or an oil tank? [cf. FontNotes]

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

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(12).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the two fonts [cf. FontNotes]

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

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 January 2016 by Alberto-g-rovi [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Santa_Maria_de_Taüll_(12).jpg] [accessed 29 January 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02452TAU
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santa Maria de Taull
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Plaça Sta Maria, 1, 25528 Taüll, Lleida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off the L-501 [Carrer dels Aiguals], in the municipality of Vall de Boi, E of Boi and the L-500, 15-20 km NNE of El Pont de Suert
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida
Historical Region: Alta Ribagorza / Alta Ribagorça
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: built probably 11thC; consecrated in 1123 (Fontova, 1999, p. 156) [UNESCO World Heritage Site]
Monolithic stone font of irregular tub shape, with a large rough protrusion on one of the sides, which suggests that side may have been originally built into a wall. No cover present [NB; not clear whether this was a font for baptisms or a medieval oil-tithe storage tank of the type commonly found in this area of the Pyrenees; "pica'd'oli" in Catalan; usually these oild tanks are smaller in size, though].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.5175, 0.848611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 31′ 3″ N, 0° 50′ 55″ E
UTM: 31T 323274 4709479

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Fontova, Rosario, Romànic de la Vall de Boí, Barcelona: Dissenys Culturals, 1999