Elne No. 4 / Elna

INFORMATION

FontID: 04992ELN

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: [former] Cathédrale de St-Eulalie et Ste-Julie

Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida & St. Julia

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Elne is 14 kms south-east of Perpignan down the N114 (dir. Argelès-sur-Mer)

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th - 15th century

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: another medieval holy-water stoup found in this church; the basin is quasi-hemispherical with added vertical height on the plain sides; the pedestal base is cylindrical and the lower base is octagonal, all fairly regular. It now stands on a tall modern square plinth.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]