Vila / El Vilá / Le Vilá

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05159VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-18
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century? [basin only], Late Romanesque [basin only]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie du Vila
Font Location in Church: Inside, NW area, beneath the stairwell leading to the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Le Vilá, 66400 Reynès , France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D15, halfway between Arles-sur-Tech and Le Boulou, in the Vallespir, NW of Céret
Historical Region: Le Roussillon
Additional Comments: altered font (modern concrete base)
Font Notes:
On-site notes: roughly hemispherical basin, totally plain, mounted on a modern polygonal concrete base. The wooden cover is covered in leather and ornamented with patterns executed in nail heads [for a more sophisticated example of this type of ornamented leather cover cf. the Index entry for the baptismal font at the Cathedral of Valencia, in Spain]. The Bishop of Elne is said to be responsible for the font in this church, made of a whitish marble from a local quarry.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 475932 4705214
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.498914, 2.707081
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 29′ 56.09″ N, 2° 42′ 25.49″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (local quarry) (the basin only)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 8 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 62 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm
Basin Depth: 35 cm
Basin Total Height: 53 cm
Height of Base: 27 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood and leather
Notes: [cf. Font notes]