Serralongue No. 2 / Serrallonga

INFORMATION

FontID: 08408SER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre Dame de l'Assomption / Església Parroquial de Santa Maria
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located in the comune of the same name, canton de Prats de Mollo
Font Location in Church: Outside, by the entrance to the cemetery
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: oil font / pica d'oli
Font Notes:
Described in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 190): plain granite oil font ["pica d'oli"] located by the entrance to the cemetery. Elsewhere in this same source (ibid.: 59) a plain baptismal font is reported inside the church [cf. Index entry for Serralongue No. 1]. The web site of the Conseil Général-Pyrénées-Orientales mentions a holy-water stoup made of pink marble and dated differently -Romanesque to 18th century- depending on the source ["un bénitier en marbre rose (1735 selon Cazes, romane pour le guide bleu !"] [source: http://www.cg66.fr/expositions/Clochers/CLO-Serralon.htm ] [cf. Index entry for Serralongue No. 3]]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

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