Marcevol No. 2 / Marcèvol

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08183MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: [disappeared from the Església de Santa Maria / Sainte-Marie]]
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Hameau Marcevol, 66320 Arboussols, France -- Tel.: +33 4 68 05 24 25
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VII: 312) as one of two ornamented baptismal fonts from the Romanesque period stolen from this church in recent years [from 1995]; this one is described as being ornamented with a frieze made of hooded monk heads in an arcade [cf. Index entry for Marcèvol No. 3 for another font also stolen from this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 459023 4723458
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.6625, 2.5
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 39′ 45″ N, 2° 30′ 0″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. VII: 312