Isavarre No. 1

Results: 7 records

B01: design element - motifs - moulding - 2

Scene Description: parellel, with a wavy line between them

B02: design element - motifs - wave

Scene Description: between the two mouldings

BBU01: animal - reptile - snake

Scene Description: the body constitutes a long wavy-line motif

BBU02: animal - 2 - face to face

Scene Description: one of them appears to be a quadruped; could be a zoomachia scene

BU01: human figure - head?

BU02: animal - bird - dove - facing each other - 2

Scene Description: doves or eagles

BU03: animal - fabulous animal or monster - with human head?

INFORMATION

FontID: 08096ISA
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Llorenç
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Alt Aneu, 3 km NW of Esterri d'Aneu, off the C-147, in the Pallars Sobirà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove, W side
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XV: 165): baptismal font of the late 12th or early 13th century consisting of a hemispherical basin and a small pedestal with a capital; the basin, very eroded, has three levels of ornamentation: on the upper basin side can be seen a serpent and two other animals, face-to-face, one of which appears to be a quadruped; below this band, two roll mouldings with a wavy line between them; the third level, on the underbowl, has several motifs that are badly damaged and therefore difficult to identify: perhaps the head of an orant figure, two birds, either doves or eagles, and an animal with a human head (?). Described in the Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya (1995, v. 12: 101) as an ancient stone baptismal font. Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005) attribute it to a local workshop and date it in the late 12th or early 13th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 109 cm*
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 36 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005)]

REFERENCES

Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya, Barcelona: Fundaciò Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1982-1985
Cabestany i Fort, Joan-F., El romànic de la vall d'Àneu, Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2005