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 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)
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 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 - 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 church interior - altar - detail
![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]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200824028_compressed.png)
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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08201SAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: See similar fonts at Fourques and Casefabre in the Rousillon
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Andreu de Sagàs [originally from Sant Genís de Gavarrós]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church of Sant Andreu, at the W end, in the corner opposite the bell tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: first documented 903 A.D.; present mid-11thC church; modified 12th, 17th and 18thC; restored 1942-1950, 1980 and 1985
Church Address: 08517 Sagàs, Barcelona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 938 25 01 28
Site Location: Barcelona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off theC-62, about 13 km SE of Berga
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesis de Vich
Historical Region: Comarca de Berguedà
Additional Comments: moved font / re-cycled font [cf. FontNotes] -- disappeared font? (the one from the church here documented in 903 AD)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 414191 4656079
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.052081, 1.963045
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 3′ 7.49″ N, 1° 57′ 46.96″ E
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-, vol. XII: 313, 431