Palau-de-Cerdagne No. 1 / Palau de Cerdanya

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B01: sacrament - baptism

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B02: symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: one of two [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B03: animal - mammal - lion - rampant - 2 - facing each other

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B04: animal - reptile - snake - coiled

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B05: human figure - dancing or jumping

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B06: symbol - tree - Tree of life

Scene Description: one of two [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B07: animal - bird

Scene Description: seen here to the right of the Tree of Life [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B08: human figure - male - standing - 2

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]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B09: human figure - female - standing - wearing a long gown or dress

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

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]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

B11: cleric - priest - wearing a stole

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes for descriptive and analytical details]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns

Scene Description: there are no supporting columns in the three arches that contain the baptismal scene

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - braid - 2-strand

Scene Description: some of the loops created by the braid have beads in them; others are empty

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons

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]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

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]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: field notes taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: field notes taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

symbol - triquetra - 2

Scene Description: one on each spandrel of the arch that is occupied by the orant figure in the baptismal scene

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

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

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

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

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

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

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

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

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 in context

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 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

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03922PAL

Church/Chapel: Églisse 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]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 11-3 Place de la Libération, 66340 Palau-de-Cerdagne, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side, by the W entranceway

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Compared by Ponsich (1967) to the fonts at Ur and Beuda

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

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.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.4154, 1.9673

Church 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 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

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; r["References"]

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-

Ponsich, Pierre, "Les fonts baptismaux d'Ur", Octobre 1967, no. 155, Jardin des arts, 1967, pp. 11-19; r["References"]