Escaro / Escaró
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02319ESC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Martí / Église Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: medieval church consecrated 981; destroyed 1947; new church built 1957
Church Address: Escaro d'Availl, 66360 Escaro, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 13 km from Villefranche de Conflent, in the Conflent region
Font Notes:
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Described in Buron (1980: 174): a Romanesque font from the 11th century esglèsia parroquial de Sant Martí; the old church has now disappeared but the font is housed in the new church of the same name and advocation. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VII: 297, 413): the irregular basin is roughly cylindrical with rounded sides; a large Latin cross in high-relief on the front side is the only ornamentation; the pedestal base is also cylindrical and totally plain. This source dates the font to the Romanesque period in general. The font is covered with a plain modern lid hinged in the middle. [We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the images of this font]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.53777, 2.315277
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 32′ 16″ N, 2° 18′ 55″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Buron, Vicenç, Esglésies romàniques catalanes, 2a. ed., Barcelona: Artestudi, 1980, p. 174
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VII: 297, 413