Villefranche-de-Conflent No. 2 / Vilafranca de Conflent

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design element - motifs - scotia

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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INFORMATION

FontID: 05160VIL

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jacques / Església de Sant Jaume

Church Patron Saints: St. James

Church Location: place de l'Eglise / 48 rue Saint-Jacques, 66500 Villefranche-de-Conflent, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located in the Conflent area, S of Conat, N of Fouilla, on the N116, about 8 kms SW of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne

Historical Region: Le Conflent

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the right of the entrance

Date: 1618

Century and Period: 17th century(early)

Church Notes: 12thC church with later modifications listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104148]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 17e siècle"

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On-site notes: the shallow basin has a pronounced scotia around the side and a ribbed pattern on the underbowl; the base consists of four volumes separated by thin patterned mouldings: the upper two are round and the lower two are square; on the side of the third volume down is inscribed the date 1618. There is one other baptismal font in this church: a 18th-century red-marble shaped like a tub font of the Romanesque period [not listed in the Index - image available in Images area]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.5866, 2.3663

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 35′ 11.76″ N, 2° 21′ 58.68″ E

UTM: 31T 448003 4715104

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: pedestal font

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers

Inscription Location: on the lower base side

Inscription Text: "1618"

Inscription Source: On-site