Cortinada No. 1 / Sant Martí de La Cortinada, nr. Ordino
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograh taken 14 June 2009 by pilimm21 [Pili Moreno M.] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Esgl%C3%A9sia_de_Sant_Mart%C3%AD_de_la_Cortinada_-_3.jpg] [accessed 9 November 2011]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02605COR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església Parroquial de Sant Martí / Església de Sant Martí de la Cortinada
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Sant Martí de la Cortinada, La Cortinada, Ordino, Andorra.
Country Name: Andorra
Location: Andorra
Directions to Site: Cortinada is on the N-2, just 7 kms. north of Ordino, 11 kms. north of Andorra la Velha.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Font Location in Church: To the left of the entrance
Century and Period: 12th century (mid), Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI), in Mestre i Godes (1999) and in Garcia (2011) : one of two plain Romanesque holy-water stoups in this church; this one is located to the left of the entrance and is slightly larger than the other; both are dated to the middle of the 12th century, the date of the church itself. [NB: we have no information on the medieval baptismal fon of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.576667, 1.517778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 34′ 36″ N, 1° 31′ 4″ E
UTM: 31T 378359 4714871
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 4.25 [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 27 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 35.5 cm
Basin Depth: 10 cm
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 500)
REFERENCES
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-
Garcia, Mireia, El románico en Andorra, Andorra la Vella: Andorra Ed., 2011
Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999