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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08203FOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 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 / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin / Església de Sant Martí
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: vestiges of a 19-11thC chapel here dedicated to St. Vincent [Mérimée ref.: PA00104030]; now in ruins
Church Address: 66300 Fourques, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located NW of Le Boulou
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Roussillon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from ther 10th-11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.58044, 2.778844
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-, vol. XIV: 233