Serrabone No. 2 / Serrabona

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view of stoup in context

seen here by the entranceway
Scene Description: seen here by the entranceway

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04570SER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église priorale / Església de Santa Maria
Font Location in Church: In the nave, by the east wall of the choir, just inside the lateral door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: parish church dedicated to St Mary documented 1069 -- 11th-12thC Augustinian priory took care of the parish service in te parish church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103968]
Church Address: Départementale 84, 66130 Boule-d'Amont, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D84, W of the D618, on the W side of the Boules river gorge, about 30 km WSW of Perpignan
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Notes:
A plain octagonal mounted holy-water stoup, probably of the Romanesque period (the priory dates from the mid-12th century); the upper part of the basin is polygonal but it becomes rounded on the underbowl; it is raised on a plain cylindrical shaft and located just by the wall of the choir.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.60156, 2.595219
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 36′ 5.62″ N, 2° 35′ 42.79″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Durliat, Marcel, Roussillon roman, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1986, pl. 56 and 60