Cortinada No. 2 / Sant Martí de La Cortinada nr. Ordino

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02606COR

Object Type: Stoup

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid), Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Església Parroquial de Sant Martí / Església de Sant Martí de la Cortinada

Font Location in Church: To the right of the entrance

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours

Church Address: Sant Martí de la Cortianda, La Cortinada, Ordino, Andorra.

Site Location: Andorra, Andorra, Europe

Directions to Site: Cortinada is on the N-2, just 7 kms. N of Ordino, 11 kms. N of Andorra la Velha.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel

Font Notes: Click to view

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 right of the entrance and is slightly smaller than the other; both are dated to the middle of the 12th century, the date of the church itself.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 378359 4714871

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.576667, 1.517778

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 34′ 36″ N, 1° 31′ 4″ E

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: 3 cm [calculated]

Diameter (inside rim): 24 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 30 cm

Basin Depth: 10 cm

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 500)

REFERENCES

F., J., "The old font of Scraptoft, Co. Leic.", NS21, March 1844, The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's monthly intelligencer, pp. 246; p. 68
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VI: 500
Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999, p. 129