Salardu No. 4 / Salardú
Image copyright © Julia Guerra, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 13 August 2021)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08729SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Several other fonts of this type in nearby villages of this same valley
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Andrèu / Sant Andreu / Sant Andrieu
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: Plaça de l'església, 25598 Salardú, Vall d'Aran, Spain
Site Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Salardú is located in the municipality of Naut Aran, about 10 km E of Vielha / Viella
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Lérida
Historical Region: Terçó de Pujòlo -- Valle de Aran / Vall d'Aran
Font Notes:
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Medieval baptismal font; the basin is roughly cylindrical and plain, monolithic but with two volumes, the underbowl being shorter and narrower, with markedly slanted sides, whereas the basin sides are almost vertical; at the upper rim, at oposite sides, two iron staples to anchor the cover lock; the basin is raised on a cylindrical pedestal base with a wider volume at the lower end [NB: the base appears to be of a different colour of stone and could be a replacement of the original base]. [cf. Index entries for Salardu Nos. 1-3 and 5 for other listed objects in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Javier Torrens and Julia Guerra for their photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 328183 4730469
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.70751, 0.90199
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 27.04″ N, 0° 54′ 7.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: no lid present but two iron staples are still evident in the upper rim