Sagas / Sagàs / Sant Andreu de Sagàs

Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020

Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 August 2020)

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Absis de Sant Andreu de Sagàs"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © jordi domènech, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2011 by jordi domènech [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Absis_de_Sant_Andreu_de_Sagàs.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2020]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sagàs. St. Andrew's parish church, 11thC. Bell tower buit in the 19thC"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josep Bracons, 2015

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 September 2015 by Josep Bracons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sagàs._St._Andrew's_parish_church._11th_C._Bell_tower_buit_in_the_19th._C._(22990908980).jpg] [accessed 24 August 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Sagàs dominada per Sant Andreu, des de la carretera"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © jordi domènech, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2011 by jordi domènech [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sagàs_i_església_de_Sant_Andreu.jpg] [accessed 24 August 2020]

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view of church interior - altar - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Frontal de altar de Sant Andreu de Sagàs, primera mitad del siglo XII. Pintura al temple sobre madera de cerezo de 171 x 100 cm. Procede de la iglesia de Sant Andreu de Sagàs (Berguedà) MEV 1615." [NB: this is a photograph of the original altar frontal from Sant Andreu de Sagàs, now kept at the Museu Episcopal de Vic (MEV) -- the one in the church now is a copy]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Angel M. Felicísimo, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2019 by Angel M. Felicísimo [www.flickr.com/photos/elgolem/48963329671/] [accessed 24 August 2020]

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view of church interior - east end

Scene Description: the altar frontal seen here inside the church of Sant Andreu de Sagàs is a reproduction -- the original is now kept at the Museu Episcopal de Vic (MEV) -- cf. ImageFileNo. 1200824028 for a photograph of the original

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 August 2020)

view of font

Scene Description: notice the general damage, especially the damage and notches to the upper rim

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 August 2020)

view of font

Scene Description: the square cut to the side of the basin was probably made at some point to house the lock of an early font cover, a common practice in some areas of Catalonia, especially in the Pyrenees and surrounding valleys

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Merçé Rota Serra, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 24 August 2020)

INFORMATION

FontID: 08201SAG
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Andreu de Sagàs [originally from Sant Genís de Gavarrós]
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: 08517 Sagàs, Barcelona, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located off the road Gironella to Vic/Vich
Historical Region: Comarca de Berguedà
Font Location in Church: Inside the church of Sant Andreu, at the W end, in the corner opposite the bell tower
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: See similar fonts at Fourques and Casefabre in the Rousillon
Church Notes: first documented 903 A.D.; present mid-11thC church; modified 12th, 17th and 18thC; restored 1942-1950, 1980 and 1985
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XII: 313, 431): baptismal font originally from the abandoned church of Sant Genís de Navarròs, also in the area around Berga; the basin and the plinth are said to be of different periods, the latter, circular, probably Romanesque; the basin, at all appearances medieval, is a cauldron-shaped piece totally plain; it looks like a crude work; there is a squarish cut out area at the upper basin side consistent with the presence of cover lock there.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.052081, 1.963045
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 3′ 7.49″ N, 1° 57′ 46.96″ E
UTM: 31T 414191 4656079

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one [plus plinth]
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes regarding square cut on upper basin side]

REFERENCES

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