Gavas No. 1 / Gavàs
Image copyright © Lander Sarasola, 2016
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 October 2016)
Results: 16 records
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
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
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)
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]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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)
symbol - cross
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 - upper view
Scene Description: the cover is hinged about halfway; notice the old metal staple
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012
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 © Azucena Povill, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: the baptistery is at the far end, right [north] side
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
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill
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view of base - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Azucena Povill, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Azucena Povill
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08097GAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Cognate Fonts: A font with similar, though not identical, ornamentation in nearby Cerbi
Church / Chapel Name: Església parroquial de Sant Esteve
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery, an alcove at the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: Gavàs, 25588, Lérida / Lleida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
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
Additional Comments: altered font (old basin on a modern replacement base)
Font Notes:
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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.
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
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 System: centre hole in basin
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, vol. 12: p. 106
- Cabestany i Fort, Joan-F., El romànic de la vall d'Àneu, Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2005, p. 187
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XV: p. 238