Alos d'Isil No. 2 / Alós d'Isil

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B01: animal - mammal - lion - passant

Scene Description: on the larger side

Image Source: photograph in the Centre d'Art Romànic Català

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B02: animal - mammal - lioness

Scene Description: human-like face; on the narrow side

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Image Source: photograph in the Centre d'Art Romànic Català

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02601ALO

Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Lliser

Church Patron Saints: St. Licerio (?)

Church Location: Alós, Plaça Major, 1, 25586 Alós d'Isil, Lleida, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Alós d'Isil is off the C-147 in the Aneu area of the Pallars Sobirà, Lerida.

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 10th - 11th century, Early Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: oil font / pica d'oli

Cognate Fonts: Several in the Val d'Aran, etc.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Referred to as an 'oil font' with lion motif in Celina Llarás Usón's introductory essay to the monumental sculpture in the Pallars region in Catalunya romànica (1984- ). Described in Mestre i Godes (1999) as one of two "oil fonts" in the Sant Lliser parish church of Alos d'Isil, it is decorated with lion-like figures. Described in Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005), who note similarities with the oil fonts at Sant Just i Sant Pastor de Son, Sant Serni d'Arreu and Sant Mart de Boren. This source further notes that it was unearthed in 1989 from the churchyard; the font has two inner wells and may well be the work of a local workshop, towards the late 12th or early 13th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.7011, 1.0999

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 42′ 3.96″ N, 1° 5′ 59.64″ E

UTM: 31T 344375 4729374

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Drainage Notes: no lining

Trapezoidal Basin: 135 x 76 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005)]

REFERENCES

Cabestany i Fort, Joan-F., El romànic de la vall d'Àneu, Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2005

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