Palau-de-Cerdagne No. 3 / Palau de Cerdanya
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Scene Description: "1696"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 05067PAL
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Églisse paroissiale Notre-Dame / Església de Santa Maria [orig. from the old church, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, located in the centre of the cemetery]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 66340 Palau-de-Cerdagne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located just SE of Puigcerda, right at the border with Spain, N of La Molina
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan et Elne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Date: 1696
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mme. Monique Greiner for her hospitality and her generosity with information on Delcor and his work
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: holy-water stoup with roughly hemispherical basin bearing the date 1696; the base has a thick upper ring or moulding and the stem is round with a slight bulging centre. [NB: cf. Index entry for Palau-de-Cerdagne No. 1 for a remarkable baptismal font in this church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.4154, 1.9673
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 24′ 55.44″ N, 1° 58′ 2.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the underbowl side
Inscription Text: "1696"
Inscription Source: on-site