Saint-Jean-Lasseille / Sant Joan de la Cella
Results: 3 records
B01: animal
Scene Description: Animals adorn the marble capital that serves as holy-water stoup.
B01: human figure - head
Scene Description: a human head adorns the capital that serves as holy-water stoup.
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02332CEL
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Església de San Joan Evangelista or St. Joan de la Cella
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: 14 Rue de l'Église, 66300 Saint-Jean-Lasseille, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: South of Perpignan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for her help with the particulars of this stoup
Church Notes: 9thC church; modified 17thC; renovatad 2005
Font Notes:
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The Romanesque holy-water stoup was carved out of a marble capital adorned with a human head and animals (Buron, 1980, p.294). The French Wikioedia entry for this church [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Jean_de_Saint-Jean-Lasseille] [accessed 22 February 2025] informs: "L'église possède un remarquable bénitier en marbre blanc décoré de lions et de volutes, possiblement daté du troisième quart du XIIe siècle. Il pourrait s'agir d'un remploi d'un chapiteau de colonne issu de l'abbaye Saint-André-de-Sorède."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.581400, 2.867160
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 34′ 53″ N, 2° 52′ 02″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
Buron, Vicenç, Esglésies romàniques catalanes, 2a. ed., Barcelona: Artestudi, 1980