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INFORMATION
FontID: 04930PRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Juste-et-Sainte-Ruffine de Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste / Església de Santa Justa i Rufina
Church Patron Saints: St. Justa & St. Rufina
Church Location: 56 El Cementiri, 66 230, Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D115a, SW of Arles-sur-Tech, N of the Spanish border with Molló
Historical Region: Haut Vallespir, Roussillon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, by the S entranceway
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, Barcelona, Spain, for her help with the particulars of this font
Church Notes: original church consecrated 982; present building 1245, expanded 1648 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104100] -- The church has some interesting features besides the font: the hardware of the west door, a 13th century Madonna (Vierge de l'Invention), a Baroque retable and a curious fresco depicting some builders' tools [cf. Images section].
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 169): monolithic baptismal font made of granite probably in the 13th century; it is ornamented with a flat moulding at the upper basin side, as well as with a large Latin cross on the side. On-site notes: the hemispherical granit basin has a prominent upper rim and a large Latin cross on the front side; there is some damage to the lower part of the underbowl but the font is otherwise in a fair condition. It is now raised on a short concrete base, but the bowl is tall enough (93 cm) to have been originally placed directly on the ground. The wooden flat lid is modern and opens at the front half.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
42.404608,
2.478797
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
42° 24′ 16.59″ N,
2° 28′ 43.67″ E
UTM: 31T 457110 4694833
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one [plus plinth]
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the diameter of the drain hole is 9 cm
Rim Thickness: 14 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 100 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 128 cm *[135 cm]
Basin Depth: 66 cm
Basin Total Height: 93 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm (without the "base")
Font Height (with Plinth): 115 cm *[105 cm]
Notes on Measurements: BSI [NB: the "base" is interpreted here as a modern addition and therefore measured as a plnth] *[measurements as given in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 169)]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flt, round and plain; modern
REFERENCES
Catalunya romànica 13: el Rosselló, el Vallespir, la Fenolleda, Barcelona: Pòrtic, 2001
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-