Fenouillet No. 1 / Fenolhet
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animal - head
Scene Description: several
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - geometric
view of church exterior
Scene Description: Eglise Saint-André
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2009 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fenouillet-eglise_09a.JPG] [accessed 12 February 2014]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: ruins of the castle and the Eglise Saint-Pierre
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ansgar Sarrazin, 3009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Ansgar Sarrazin [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burgruine_St._Pierre.jpg] [accessed 12 February 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 04095FEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (base only)
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-André / Església de Sant Andriu [orig. from the church of Saint-Pierre / Saint Pèir]
Church Location: 66220 Fenouillet, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, municipality of the same name, in the Fenouillet/Fenolleda region that borders with Spain
Historical Region: La Vallée de l'Agly
Font Location in Church: Inside the church of Sant Andriu, serving as base of the baptismal font
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Church Notes: These re-used capitals are located in the new church [1904], the old one being in ruins
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as one of three Romanesque capitals re-used in the newchurch; this one serves as base to the baptismal font. Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- ): unlike the other two capitals, this one is made of limestone and ornamented with animal heads, foliage and geometric motifs; it is now used as the base of the baptismal font in the new [1904] church of Saint-André. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM66001051] with date 11th-12thC. [cf. Index entry for Fenouillet No. 2 for the other capital which now serves as base for the holy-water stoup in this same church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.793751, 2.38067
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 47′ 37.51″ N, 2° 22′ 50.41″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Height of Base: 25 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 43 x 43 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 345) [NB: these measurements correspond to the capital's height and width at the upper part] -- Palissy [ref.: PM66001051] gives the measurements as: "h = 25 ; la = 35 ; pr = 20"
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-