Bons / Les Bons / Sant Roma de les Bons / Sant Romà de les Bons

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symbol - star - 4-point?

Scene Description: or, is the place where the lock for the cover woulf fit, as is the case in many of the Pyrenean fonts of this period?

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02669SAN
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Román / Església de Sant Romà
Church Patron Saints: St. Romanus?
Country Name: Andorra
Location: Andorra
Directions to Site: In the Alt Urgell; on the road to Les Bons, after Encamp to the left towards the Pas de la Casa. It is advisable to leave the car before crossing the river because the path is very narrow from there on. (Catalunya romanica 4, 1999)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: church consecrated in 1164
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 467-468): during the reconstruction work of 1978 a granite font was found at the foot of a hill; it had been used as a water-trough for animals; it has a four-point star perforation on the underbowl [NB: this may simply be the anchoring hole for the lock of the old cover]; in view of its size it was deduced that it had originally been placed in a niche of the south wall of the church, where it has now been re-set. The source dates it to the late 12th century, as does Garcia (2011). The font is now [2008] built into the south wall at the west end of the nave [source: www.aldeaglobal.net/artmedieval/Sant%20Roma%20de%20les%20Bons.htm [accessed 9 November 2012]]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 383659 4709967

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 47 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Basin Depth: 28 cm*
Basin Total Height: 40 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 467)

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Catalunya romànica 4: l'Alt Urgell, Andorra, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 1999
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-