Marcevol No. 1 / Marcèvol
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
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Results: 11 records
view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Catalan Art & Architecture Gallery (Josep Bracons), 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2015 by Catalan Art & Architecture Gallery (Josep Bracons) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arboçols._Marcèvol_priory._Apse._12th_C._(21469846248).jpg] [accessed 16 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: the adjacent building on the right is what remains of the priory compound
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © LeZibou, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2006 by LeZibou [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcevol_02.JPG] [accessed 16 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / CC-BY-2.5
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Monse Rota, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2016 by Montse Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 August 2016)
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nicosan66, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2011 by Nicosan66 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porte_du_prieuré_de_Marcevol.JPG] [accessed 16 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west portal - door - detail
Scene Description: noteworthy original ironwork on the west door
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nicosan66, 2011
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 May 2011 by Nicosan66 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porte_du_prieuré_de_Marcevol.JPG] [accessed 16 September 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Monse Rota, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2016 by Montse Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 August 2016)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font - upper view
Scene Description: showing the interior sides and drain hole -- not clear whether there is any evidence of cover hardware on the upper rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Monse Rota, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2016 by Montse Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 August 2016)
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Monse Rota, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2016 by Montse Rota
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 28 August 2016)
INFORMATION
FontID: 08182MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancien prieuré] Sainte Marie / Església de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Hameau Marcevol, 66320 Arboussols, France -- Tel.: +33 4 68 05 24 25
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Arboussols / Arboçols, itself 3.5 km N of Marquixanes on the D-35, in the Tet valley
Historical Region: Conflent / Roussillon / Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Location in Church: inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, and to Montse Rota for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 11th-12thC priory church; given to the Ordre de chanoines du Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem in 1129; damaged in 1428 earthquake; restored 1496; listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103949]
Font Notes:
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Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VII: 297, 312): baptismal font probably of the Romanesque period; plain hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical pedestal [NB: the pedestal may have been removed, as the font appears in July 2009 on a squat round base]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.6625, 2.5
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 39′ 45″ N, 2° 30′ 0″ E
UTM: 31T 459023 4723458
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 16 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 85 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 117 cm
Basin Total Height: 82 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 122 cm [calculated]
Notes on Measurements: Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VII: 312)
REFERENCES
Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-