Albere No. 1 / Albère / Albera

INFORMATION

FontID: 08405ALB

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Jean / Església de Sant Joan

Church Patron Saints: St. John

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located near Le Perthus, in the Vasllespir area, at the France-Spain border in the Alt Empordà region

Font Location in Church: In the W end, N side

Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

An illustration in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 64) shows a roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical pedestal, both plain, at the NW corner of the narrow-naved Romanesque church. No details of the font provided.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat and plain

REFERENCES

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