Arreu No. 2

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 08208ARR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Serni [aka Sadurni]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, wall-mounted
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 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.

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: 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, p. 64
  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XV: 141