Cerbi No. 3 / Cervi

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INFORMATION
FontID: 09881CER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església parroquial de Sant Serni [aka Sant Sadurní]
Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]
Church Location: Placeta de l'Església, Cervi / Cervi, La Guingueta d'Àneu, Lérida / Lleida, Spain
Country Name: Spain
Location: Lérida / Lleida, Cataluña / Catalunya
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of La Guingueta d'Aneu, in the Pallars Sobirà (follow the C-127 N for 3 km to Esterri; there, turn right on a road that leads to Unarre; past Unarre, at the forking of the road, follow the left to Cerbi
Ecclesiastic Region: Diócesis de Urgel / Urgell
Historical Region: Pallars Sobirà
Font Location in Church: Wall mounted, by the door
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the photographs of this stoup
Font Notes:
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Wall-mounted holy-water stoup probably of the same date as the baptismal font in this church; it is a shallow cylindrical basin with rounded sides and no ornamentation visible, mounted on a ledge near the entrance [not known whether or not this was the original location] [cf. Index entries for Cerbi Nos. 1 and 2 for two other objects listed for this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.647, 1.1495
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 38′ 49.2″ N, 1° 8′ 58.2″ E
UTM: 31T 348306 4723276
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round