Serrabone No. 2 / Serrabona
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: seen here by the entranceway
INFORMATION
FontID: 04570SER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise priorale / Església de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Départementale 84, 66130 Boule-d'Amont, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
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 Location in Church: In the nave, by the east wall of the choir, just inside the lateral door
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
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]
Font Notes:
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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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.60156, 2.595219
Church 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