Nagol No. 1

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 September 2009 by fer55 [Ferran Llorens] [www.flickr.com/photos/fer55/3977176277/] [accessed 12 November 2012]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08177NAG

Object Type: Stoup

Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Serni

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted on the S wall of the nave, at the W end, to the right of the entranceway

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]

Church Address: Nagol, Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra Teléfono: (+376) 744 045

Site Location: Andorra, Andorra, Europe

Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Sant Julià de Lòria, on the road from that village to Serters

Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel

Additional Comments: disappeared font?

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- ) and in Garcia (2011); a round holy-water stoup made of granite and wall-mounted at the right of the door of this church; it may be as early as the church itself, ca. 1050, at which time may have been formed part of the wall already, or somewhat later. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 376758 4702989

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.469444, 1.500833

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 28′ 10″ N, 1° 30′ 3″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 37 cm

Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VI: 515)

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VI: 515
Garcia, Mireia, El románico en Andorra, Andorra la Vella: Andorra Ed., 2011, p. 130