Palau-de-Cerdagne No. 1 / Palau de Cerdanya
Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
Results: 28 records
B01: sacrament - baptism
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B02: symbol - tree - Tree of life
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Scene Description: one of two [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B03: animal - mammal - lion - rampant - 2 - facing each other
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B04: animal - reptile - snake - coiled
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B05: human figure - dancing or jumping
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B06: symbol - tree - Tree of life
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Scene Description: one of two [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B07: animal - bird
Scene Description: seen here to the right of the Tree of Life [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B08: human figure - male - standing - 2
![the one on the left appears naked and rests his hands on her thighs; the one on the right wears a long gown (?) and his arms are akimbo [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/PAL0107036_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the one on the left appears naked and rests his hands on her thighs; the one on the right wears a long gown (?) and his arms are akimbo [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B09: human figure - female - standing - wearing a long gown or dress
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B10: animal - reptile - snake - on a tree
Scene Description: seen here to the right of the woman in a long dress [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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B11: cleric - priest - wearing a stole
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
view of font
Scene Description: showing the large notch in the upper rim; it was probably made for an anchoring or locking mechansim for the font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the metal contraption inside the basin is part of a modern mechanism that allows the font to rotate on its axis
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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symbol - triquetra - 2
Scene Description: one on each spandrel of the arch that is occupied by the orant figure in the baptismal scene
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns
Scene Description: there are no supporting columns in the three arches that contain the baptismal scene
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand
Scene Description: some of the loops created by the braid have beads in them; others are empty
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons
![the pattern around the lower part of the basin is not uniform; one side has a chevron-like pattern [seen here on the left]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1140216061_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the pattern around the lower part of the basin is not uniform; one side has a chevron-like pattern [seen here on the left]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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design element - patterns - diaper
Scene Description: the pattern around the lower part of the basin is not uniform; one side has a diaper-work [seen here on the right]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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human figure - head, face or mask
Scene Description: located above the cross-bearing accolite, left side of the baptismal scene; the 'floating' head or mask is directly above the accolite's own head
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view of font in context
Scene Description: a mechanism on a pivot worked from the base inside the font allows it to be rotated thereby providing access to all sides of the basin
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Carme Ferre, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2018 by Carme Ferre
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 23 May 2021)
information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: field notes taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: field notes taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03922PAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-19
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Compared by Ponsich (1967) to the fonts at Ur and Beuda
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame [aka Sainte-Marie] / Església de Santa Maria [orig. from the old church, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, located in the centre of the cemetery]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side, by the W entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: a church Notre-Dame-des-Anges here by 1122, but now disppeared]. The new church, according to Delcor (1973), was started in 1771 but was not finished until 1808.
Church Address: 11-3 Place de la Libération, 66340 Palau-de-Cerdagne, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D70A, just SE of Puigcerda, just E of the border with Spain, N of La Molina
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan et Elne
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Additional Comments: re-cycled font: [cf. Font notes] -- the font is mounted on a platform that allows for turning it around an axis and see it all around
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Delcor (1973): tub-shaped font in one piece of coarse granite, originally from the old church located in the cemetery grounds; it was moved to the new church which was inaugurated in 1808. Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- ). The upper area of the basin side has a simple braid motif; the bottom part has double-braided rope motif ornamentation; in between these two, the sides are divided into fifteen round arches, some with and some without columns; Delcor (ibid.) suggests that the contents of these arches can be grouped in four "tableaux": 1)the fight between Christ and Satan (arches i-iii); 2)Christ, Tree of Life, replaces the Tree of Science (arches iv-vii); 3)transmission of the Original Sin (arches viii-xi); 4)the Sacrament of Baptism and Christ's victory (xii-xv). On-site notes: the large basin has been fitted with a steel pivot which allows one -with considerable effort- to rotate the basin around, thus giving the viewer access to all its wonderful ornamentation. Individually the ornamental elements read thus: on the rim, an acanthus vine; on the basin isdes, (L->R): snake - figure holding a cross - baptismal font of the same shape as this one with protruding human head - officiating priest - cleric with book - tree of life/plant - rampant lion facing right - rampant lion facing left - snake or dragon with coiled tail - human figure dancing or jumping - tree of life/plant - bird facing left - male figure - female figure - snake/lizzard on a tree - cleric wearing a stole. There is no cover present now byt there is evidence of changes made to the upper rim to accommodated and anchoring or locking mechanism for a font cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mme. Monique Greiner for her hospitality and her generosity with information on M. Delcor and his work. We are also grateful to Carme Ferrer for her additional photographs of this font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.4154, 1.9673
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 24′ 55.44″ N, 1° 58′ 2.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: the drain hole is wide (10 cm in diam.) -- no lining
Rim Thickness: 13-14 cm* / 12 cm**
Diameter (inside rim): 77-78 cm* / 82 cm**
Diameter (includes rim): 104-106 cm* / 106 cm**
Basin Depth: 45 cm* / 48 cm**
Basin Total Height: 62 cm* / 68 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 68 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Delcor (1973, p. 104)
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 14: La Cerdanya - El Capcir - El Conflent, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2001, p. 176
- Delcor, M., "Cuves romanes et leur figuration en Roussillon, Cerdagne et Conflent", 1973, no. 4, Cahiers de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, 1973, pp. 96-109; p. 104-107 and ills. after p. 104
- Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VII: 202-203
- Ponsich, Pierre, "Les fonts baptismaux d'Ur", Octobre 1967, no. 155, Jardin des arts, 1967, pp. 11-19; p. 11-19