Canohes / Canoes / Cànoes / Canohès / Kanoas

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: Source caption: " Abside de l'église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Canohès."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fabricio Cardenas, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2016 by Fabricio Cardenas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte_de_Canohès_-_Abside_2.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte (view S) de Canohès, Pyrénées-Orientales, France."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Palauenc05, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 3 July 2018 by Palauenc05 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canohès_Église_Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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view of church interior - chancel and east end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nau central i absis"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Claudefà, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 2 August 2016 by Claudefà [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cànoes._Sant_Quirc_i_Santa_Julita_8.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nef de l'église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Canohès"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fabricio Cardenas, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2016 by Fabricio Cardenas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte_de_Canohès_-_Nef.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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view of font - south side

Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptistère en marbre bleuté du XIIIème siècle de l'église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Canohès"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fabricio Cardenas, 2016

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 24 June 2016 by Fabricio Cardenas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte_de_Canohès_-_Baptistère.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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view of font in context - south side

Scene Description: Source caption: " Baptistère en marbre bleuté du XIIIème siècle de l'église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Canohès"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fabricio Cardenas, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 24 June 2016 by Fabricio Cardenas [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte_de_Canohès_-_Baptistère.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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view of font in context - southeast side

Scene Description: Source caption: " fonts baptismaux de grande capacité permettant un baptême par immersion"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norbert Breton / Premier Millénaire, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Norbert Breton (2020) in Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_9_106_canohes_st_cyr.html] [accessed 11 September 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02258CAN
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte de Canohès / Eglise Saint-Quirc
Church Patron Saints: St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr] & St. Julita
Church Location: pl. de l'Eglise, 66680 Canohès, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D39, about 5 km from Perpignan town centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, towards the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: 11thC church; modified 12thC; modified 15thC; renovated 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103979]: "Ce qui subsiste du décor extérieur et intérieur de l'abside incite à la dater de la fin du 11e ou du début du 12e siècle.
Tub-shaped baptismal font of a grey-blueish stone [limestone?] consisting of a tall tapering basin on a squate cylindrical lower base, all plain. No cover present. Noted and illustrated by Norbert Breton (2020) in Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_9_106_canohes_st_cyr.html] [accessed 11 September 2022]: "fonts baptismaux de grande capacité permettant un baptême par immersion."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.6519, 2.8358
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39′ 6.84″ N, 2° 50′ 8.88″ E
UTM: 31T 486541 4722173

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Ponsich, P., "Les plus anciennes sculptures médiévales du Roussillon (5-11 siécle)", 11, Cahiers Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, 1980, pp. 293-331, 33 fig.; r["References"]
Puig i Cadafalch, Josep, Escultura romànica a Catalunya, Barcelona: Alpha, 1949