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view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 08203FOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin / Església de Sant Martí
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 66300 Fourques, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located NW of Le Boulou, in the Roussillon
Historical Region: Roussillon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: A similar font in white marble at nearby Casefabre/Casafabre, and not very different from the one originally from Sant Genís de Gavarrós, now in Sant Andreu de Sagàs
Church Notes: vestiges of a 19-11thC chapel here dedicated to St. Vincent [Mérimée ref.: PA00104030]; now in ruins
Described and illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XIV: 233): baptismal font probably of the 12th or 13th century; it consists of a bucket-shaped basin and a short circular pedestal base, both totally plain. This source remarks on the presence of round hole with four triangular smaller ones around it as a means for the filling of the holy water ["devien servir per a abocar l'aigua beneita"]; instead, it is obviously the indentation made for the lock of the font cover, a common occurence in fonts of the eastern Pyrenees on both sides of the border.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.58044, 2.778844
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 34′ 49.58″ N, 2° 46′ 43.84″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes regarding the holes in the upper basin side]

REFERENCES

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-