Espira-de-l'Agly No. 1 / Espira de l'Agli / Espirà de l'Aglí
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view of church exterior - southeast end
Scene Description: showing the two portals: the one on the left, plainer, opening into the nave; the one on the right is the main decorated portal, opening into the chancel
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 taken by ArnoLagrange [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espira_de_l'Agly_Eglise_Sainte-Mare_AL08.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: showing the main decorated portal opening into the chancel
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 taken by ArnoLagrange [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espira_de_l'Agly_Eglise_Sainte-Mare_AL05.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - south façade
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 taken by ArnoLagrange [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espira_de_l'Agly_Eglise_Sainte-Mare_AL05.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - west tower
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 taken by ArnoLagrange [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espira_de_l'Agly_Eglise_Sainte-Mare_AL03.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 taken by ArnoLagrange [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espira_de_l'Agly_Eglise_Sainte-Mare_AL04.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail
Scene Description: showing only the nave portal, but not the main decorated portal opening into the chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © ArnoLagrange, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 September 2011 taken by ArnoLagrange [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espira_de_l%27Agly_Eglise_Sainte-Mare_AL06.jpg] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Les Pyrénées Catalanes, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph in Les Pyrénées Catalanes [http://pyreneescatalanes.free.fr/Villages/Galeries/EspiraDeLAgly_Galeries.php] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - south portal - west side - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Les Pyrénées Catalanes, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph in Les Pyrénées Catalanes [http://pyreneescatalanes.free.fr/Villages/Galeries/EspiraDeLAgly_Galeries.php] [accessed 17 February 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04925ESP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie / Santa Maria d'Espirà de l'Aglí
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in one of the two back apses, near the confessional
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104020]
Church Address: 66600 Espira-de-l'Agly, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D117, 12 kms NNW of Perpignan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Roussillon -- Perpignan Méditerranée
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Catalunya romànica 13 (2001): the font appears to be one of the large and rather crude footless basins often found in this area of the Roussillon; it appears to be totally plain. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM66000339]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Marbre de Baixas blanc rosé. Cuve hémisphérique [...] 1er quart 13e siècle".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 486572 4736244
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.778535, 2.836091
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 46′ 42.73″ N, 2° 50′ 9.93″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: tub-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 135 cm*
Basin Depth: 12 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM66000339]
REFERENCES
- Catalunya romànica 13: el Rosselló, el Vallespir, la Fenolleda, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2001, ill. on p. 66