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design element - architectural - arcade - round arch-heads
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symbol - cross - Greek
Scene Description: one under each arch
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symbol - cross - Latin
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07763ENC
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Eulàlia / Iglesia de Santa Eulalia
Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Location: Ctra. de Vila ,1, Encamp, Encamp - AD200 Tel.(+376) 731 000
Country Name: Andorra
Location: Andorra
Directions to Site: Located on the CG2/N22, 6 km NE of Les Escaldes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [NB: it was in the town square serving as public fountain]
Century and Period: 12th century (early), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The inside of the basin well is similar to the stoup found at the church of Sant Iscle i Santa Victoria at La Maçana, also in Andorra
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 457): Romanesque baptismal font made of granite in the first half of the 12th century; the large basin is roughly hemispherical; the upper half has a pattern of round arche withou columns; in the arches, towards the lower part of the basin side, a crudely-rendered cross [some Latin, some Greek] in each. This source informs that a 1939 photograph now in the Archiu Mas of Barcelona shows the basin outside the church; the 1989 renovations could have brought the font inside and restored it to its proper use; instead, the basin was installed as a water fountain in the village square! Catalunya rom... (ibid.) mentions a font in the Museu Episcopal de Vic (inventory # 9771) as cognate. Noted in Garcia (2011) with a cognate font at St Julia i Sant Germa. Recent photographs [2008+] and Garcia (2011) show the font inside the church again. There are odd perforations around the inner upper rim and it appears the font has been used as a fountain.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.53477,
1.57666
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 32′ 5.17″ N,
1° 34′ 35.98″ E
UTM: 31T 383113 4710136
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 82 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm*
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 57 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 57 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 457)
REFERENCES
Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Iconografía de las pilas bautismales del románico castellano: Burgos y Palencia, Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda, S.L., 1996
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-
Garcia, Mireia, El románico en Andorra, Andorra la Vella: Andorra Ed., 2011
