Gavas No. 1 / Gavàs

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design element - motifs - floral - 6-petal - in a circle

Scene Description: several (6?)

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2004 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lander Sarasola, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2016 by Lander Sarasola

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 October 2016)

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lander Sarasola, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2016 by Lander Sarasola

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 October 2016)

symbol - cross

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lander Sarasola, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2016 by Lander Sarasola

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view of base - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of basin - detail

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: the centre drain

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arnaucc, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2012 by Arnaucc [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gavàs.JPG] [accessed 27 October 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the baptistery is at the far end, right [north] side

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: showing a the metal ataple in the upper rim; the cover opened here

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2004 by Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net]

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lander Sarasola, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2016 by Lander Sarasola

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 October 2016)

view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of font and cover - upper view

Scene Description: the cover is hinged about halfway; notice the old metal staple

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lander Sarasola, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 October 2016 by Lander Sarasola

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 October 2016)

view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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view of stoup

Scene Description: stoup of an odd shape for this area; may have been a re-cycled object

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08097GAV
Church/Chapel: Església parroquial de Sant Esteve
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Gavàs, 25588, Lérida / Lleida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Guingueta d'Aneu, in the Pallars Sobirà (follow the C-127 N for 3 km to Esterri; there, turn right on a road that leads to Unarre; past Unarre, at the forking of the road, follow the right to Gavas. 160 km from Lerida capital
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel / Urgell
Historical Region: Pallars Sobirà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, an alcove at the W end, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: A font with similar, though not identical, ornamentation in nearby Cerbi
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of www.romanicat.net, and to Lander Sarasola for their photographs of this font; we are also grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his help in documenting this font
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XV: 238). Described in the Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya (1995, v. 12: 106) as an ancient stone baptismal font ornamented with reliefs. The font is a composite of parts from obviously different periods: the basin is of the shape and decoration common to this area: it is roughly hemispheric in shape, its ornamentation almost identical to the basin at the nearby church of Sant Serni de Cerbi, a row of encircled 6-petal floral motifs sandwiched between two roll mouldings all around the basin sides [NB: these motifs are larger than the ones at Cerbi and fewer in number, and the flowers have petals in the vertical axis, whereas the ones at Cerbi do not; the two elements of the base, quadrangular and of a later date, one of which carved with large Greek crosses, do not constitute the original base of this font, nor does the plain flat wooden cover on it, a modern addition. Noted in Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005) as a baptismal font attributable to a local rural workshop of the late 12th or early 13th century, and sharing some similarities with the font at nearby Cerbi.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 349259 4722771

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 85 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*
Basin Total Height: 44 cm*
Height of Base: 76 cm* [46 + 30]
Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1990?- , vol. XV: 238)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain wooden lid, hinged at the centre

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
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-