Tredos No. 5 / Tredòs / Cap d'Aran

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02612CAP

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Santa Maria de Cap d’Aran / Era Mare de Diu de Cap d'Aran

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Cami Casans,dels;Ag. Tredos, 5, 25598 Tredós, Lérida, Spain

Country Name: Spain

Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya

Directions to Site: Located off the C-28 (at km 34) , between Salardu (WNW) and Baqueira (ESE), E of Vielha dn the N-230

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida

Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran

Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, under the stairs to the choir

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

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

Cognate Fonts: Several such fonts found in the former diocese of Comminges

Church Notes: There are three baptismal fonts and one water stoup in this church, all of them from the Middle Ages. Access to these churches is at present [1998-1999] erratic, usually difficult if not impossible outside the reduced hours of service, partly because the few clergy are stretched over several parishes, but also because some of them [there are notable exceptions to whom BAPTISTERIA SACRA is most grateful] do not favour the opening of these churches to visitors, nor are some of the key-holders [ditto re exceptions] any better inclined.

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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIII: 391) as a font reused for the oil offerings. On-site notes: the object is a rectangular monolith of the type believed by some to have served for immersion baptism in the 10th or 11th centuries in the area around Comminges; this one, now cemented to the wall, has a shield-like protrusion in the middle of the front side with a Latin cross on it. This font is mentioned in Mestre i Godes (1999: 89) (85 x 52 x 32 cm) have not been used]. This font is mentioned in Sarrate Forga (1975: unpaged) as one of two ancient immersion fonts later recycled into lamp-oil tanks, and is described in this source as plain ["sin decorar"]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.70266, 0.91785

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 42′ 9.58″ N, 0° 55′ 4.26″ E

UTM: 31T 329468 4729898

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Rim Thickness: 12-13 cm

Basin Depth: 45 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 58-65 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 45-47 x 95 cm (inside); 106-109 x 65-70 cm (outs.)

Notes on Measurements: BSI [Measurement ranges due to the object's irregular construction] [NB: Mestre i Godes (1999: 89) gives 85x52x32 cm]

REFERENCES

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

Sarrate Forga, José, Arte románico en el Cap d'Aran. El, Lérida: [El Autor], 1975