Casau No. 2

Results: 2 records

B01: human figure - head - vegetation stemming from the mouth

BU01: design element - motifs - leaf

Scene Description: covering the underbowl

INFORMATION

FontID: 02617CAS
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Andreu / San Andrés
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: Plaça Gleisa Ag Casau, 1A, 25538 Casau, Lleida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
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 Location in Church: At the entrance, wall-mounted
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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

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

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (local)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispherical (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
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; r["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