Salardu No. 2 / Salardú

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02611SAL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Andrèu / Sant Andreu / Sant Andrieu
Font Location in Church: In the last pillar of the N corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Plaça de l'església, 25598 Salardú, Vall d'Aran, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Salardú is located in the municipality of Naut Aran, about 10 km E of Vielha / Viella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida
Historical Region: Terçó de Pujòlo -- Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , v. XIII: 376) as a niche ["fornícula"] in the last pillar of the north corner, resembling a wall-mounted holy-water stoup; it is made of a rectangular block a part of which has been hollowed out in the form of a round-arch window with its inner well; it is decorated with a motif that resembles a cup or a fleur-de-lis. Mestre i Godes (1999: 85) describes the motif as a simple cross.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 328183 4730469
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.70751, 0.90199
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 27.04″ N, 0° 54′ 7.16″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VIII: 376
  • Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999, p. 85