Arreu No. 1 / Sant Serni d'Arreu

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08207ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Some of the ornamentation resembles one of the fonts at Sorpe, also in this area of Catalonia
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Serni [aka Sadurni]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, half-built into the wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]
Church Address: 25586 Àrreu, Lleida, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 142, in the municipality of Alt Aneu, in the NW area of the Pallars Sobirà, near the border with the Val d'Aran, off the road that leads from Esterri d'Aneu.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida
Historical Region: Pallars Sobirà / Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XV: 140-141) as one of three medieval baptismal objects in this church. Described in Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005) with date in the late 12th or early 13th century. This baptismal font consists of a decorated hemispherical basin and a plain cylindrical base. The large basin is half-built into the wall, which leaves only about 2/3 of its surface visible; this is ornamented with a pair of large birds facing what appears to be a plant or tree, although the source above suggests the possibility that it could be a jet of water, and mentions some resemblance of this motif with another on one of the fonts at Sorpe, located in the same general area.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 342229 4725319
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.664164, 1.074844
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 39′ 50.99″ N, 1° 4′ 29.44″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Cabestany i Fort, Joan-F., El romànic de la vall d'Àneu, Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans, 2005, p. 63-64
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XV: 140-141