Palau-de-Cerdagne No. 4 / Palau de Cerdanya

Results: 7 records

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view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - cross

Scene Description: processional cross?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 19 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05068PAL

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, partially embeded in a wall

Century and Period: , Medieval

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: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: crudely executed holy-water stoup, probably medieval; it consists of a plain hemispherical basin with very thick sides and a round pedestal base; it is now partially built into the wall. [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

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]