Arreu No. 2
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding
B02: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: resembling a sheaf
INFORMATION
FontID: 08208ARR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església de Sant Serni [aka Sadurni]
Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located 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.
Historical Region: Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XV: 141) as the second of three baptismal objects in this church: a semi-cylindrical wall-mounted holy-water stoup ornamented with two mouldings, one plain and the other in the form of a sheaf. Cabestany, Matas & Palau (2005) report it stolen in the first half of the month of September 2004; they date the piece to the late 12th or early 13th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: semi-cylindrical (wall 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
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-