Casau No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02617CAS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Andreu / San Andrés
Font Location in Church: At the entrance, wall-mounted
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Plaça Gleisa Ag Casau, 1A, 25538 Casau, Lleida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Off the N-230 from Vielha to the tunnel, before the Parador, on the right.
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
Described in Mestre i Godes (1999): wall-mounted Romanesque holy-water stoup located just inside the entrance; it is decorated with a mask or face from whose mouth sprouts a branch or garland with leaves and flowers. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ): same as above, hemispherical, partr of a rectangular block of stone, showing a vine stemming out of a human mouth on the side; the underbowl is ornamented with long leaves; dating of the object is 13th-century. Noted in Amiell (2007).

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 318717 4730597
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.706487, 0.786446
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 23.35″ N, 0° 47′ 11.21″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (local)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Notes on Measurements: [Catalunya romànica (1984- , v. XIII: 432) gives the measurements of the whole block as "38 cm de alçada per 58 i 44 cm de costat"].

REFERENCES

  • Amiell, Josep M., "Piques baptismal de la Val d'Aran", 21 (agost-setembre 2007), Taüll, 2007, pp. 32-35; p. 33
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XIII: 432
  • Mestre i Godes, Jesús, Viatge al romànic català: les valls pirenenques, Barcelona: RACC Club-Edicions 62, 1999, p. 75