Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines No. 1 / Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines / Sant Genis de Fontanes

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the centre drain, some of the damage to the upper rim by metal anchorings of earlier font covers, and a fragment of a relatively modern lid still attached to the basin top

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view of church exterior - west portal

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view of church exterior - west portal

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: funerary slab built into the west portal

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: funerary slab built into the west portal

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: one of four; the other three are single heads

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: the lintel and the tympanum with the heads framing it

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view of church exterior - west portal - lintel

Scene Description: Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104117]: "Selon une inscription, le linteau sculpté du portail daterait de 1019-1020, ce qui en fait le plus ancien monument daté de l'art roman en France. L'abbaye, fondée aux alentours de 819, a été détruite sans doute par les Normands, puis reconstruite en 981 [...] le linteau ayant été sculpté pour orner le portail, disparu au 12e siècle. Des travaux, comprenant sans doute l'allongement de la nef et, lors du voûtement de l'ensemble, la surélévation des goutterots, ont dû être exécutés au cours du 12e siècle. Vers la fin de ce siècle ou au début du 13e, le linteau aurait été transféré à son emplacement actuel."

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view of church exterior - west portal - lintel - detail

Scene Description: Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104117]: "Selon une inscription, le linteau sculpté du portail daterait de 1019-1020, ce qui en fait le plus ancien monument daté de l'art roman en France. L'abbaye, fondée aux alentours de 819, a été détruite sans doute par les Normands, puis reconstruite en 981 [...] le linteau ayant été sculpté pour orner le portail, disparu au 12e siècle. Des travaux, comprenant sans doute l'allongement de la nef et, lors du voûtement de l'ensemble, la surélévation des goutterots, ont dû être exécutés au cours du 12e siècle. Vers la fin de ce siècle ou au début du 13e, le linteau aurait été transféré à son emplacement actuel."

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - capital

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view of church interior - nave - capital

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view of church interior - nave - capital

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Palauenc05, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2014 by Palauenc05 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_saint_genis_interieur1.jpg] [accessed 23 January 2018]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05087GEN
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne abbatiale] Saint-Michel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael [originally St. Genesius & St. Michael]
Church Location: rue Georges Clémenceau, 66740 Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, France --Tel.: +33 4 68 89 84 33
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D2, S of the D618, about 10 kms E of Argeles-Plage and 17 kms N of the Spanish border
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church , on the S, by the W door
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: monastery first recorded 819; re-built 981; enlarged and reconsecrated 1153; expanded 13thC; abbey church re-opened after the Revolution as parish church
On-site notes: marble goblet-shaped baptismal font, plain except for a thin grooved moulding at the upper base; raised on a short round pedestal base. It has evidence of a cover lock on the basin side and still retains a piece of a plain lid attached to the upper rim anchors.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.543333, 2.921944
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 32′ 36″ N, 2° 55′ 19″ E
UTM: 31T 493591 4710108

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: goblet-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 10 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 78-79 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 99-100 cm
Basin Depth: 47 cm
Basin Total Height: 57 cm
Height of Base: 28 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI [NB: a round plinth appears to have been incorporated into the raised floor - it was probably 15-20 cm in height]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes]