Lerida No. 1 / Lérida / Lleida

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design element - motifs - foliage

the leaves appear very large and in high relief
Scene Description: the leaves appear very large and in high relief

view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "Igreja de San Martín em Lérida, Espanha." -- the west portal was originally in the old church of Santiago of Tormillo, Peralta de Alcofea, Huesca, Spain; Bishop Messeguer of Lerida bought it for 375 pesetas in 1893 and had it installed in the church of San Martin, Lerida.
Scene Description: Source caption: "Igreja de San Martín em Lérida, Espanha." -- the west portal was originally in the old church of Santiago of Tormillo, Peralta de Alcofea, Huesca, Spain; Bishop Messeguer of Lerida bought it for 375 pesetas in 1893 and had it installed in the church of San Martin, Lerida.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © João Carvalho, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 24 April 2006 by João Carvalho [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igreja_de_S._Martin_(Lérida)1636.JPG] [accessed 10 March 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.5

INFORMATION

FontID: 04935LER
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Martí / Iglesia de Sant Martín
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Sant Martí, Carrer Jaume I "El Conqueridor", 1, 25002 Lleida, Spain -- Tel.+34 973 26 85 82
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the city centre, near the new parish of St. Martin, to the W of the old cathedral (La Seu Vella)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S door
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Church Notes: first documented 1168; temporarily as a "caserna militar" in the 17thC civil wars; a prison in the 19thC; restored 1893 and used as church until 1970, when a new church was built and the old one became a museum.
Font Notes:
A large stoup (?) with a polygonal basin the sides of which are ornamented with large high-relief leaves and a pedestal base; located just inside the south door. Although the church dates originally from the 12th century, this object dates probably from one of the additions of the 15th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.617761, 0.622061
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 37′ 3.94″ N, 0° 37′ 19.42″ E
UTM: 31T 301884 4610066

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

Catalunya romànica 12: el Segrià, les Garrigues, el Pla d'Urgell, la Llitera, el Baix Cinca, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2000