Arsa / Arcan / Arçan

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08413ARS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 17th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Laurent d'Arsan / Església de Sant Laurènç
Font Location in Church: In the S side, just right of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Husseus or Aydous?
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104134]:"12e siècle [...] Nef unique bordée d'une chapelle au nord, prolongée à l'est par un rappel de choeur et une abside demi-circulaire voûtée en cul de four."
Church Address: 66730 Sournia, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2, in the municipality of Sournia / Sornian, in the Fenolleda region
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan
Historical Region: Languedoc / Roussillon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: formerly at another place
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. XXV: 375): holy-water stoup located inside the church, just right of the south entrance, towards the west end of the nave; the basin is rather shallow and ornamented with a protruding upper rim and thick ribbed pattern around the sides and underbowl. The base, a plain cylindrical pedestal of crude workmanship, probably belongs to a different period. The http://www.fenouilledes.com/perso/sournia/village/patrimoine.htm source informs that this stoup is from Husseus or Aydous ["bénitier de l'ancienne église d'Husseus ou Aydous"].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 450438 4729406
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.715558, 2.394722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 42′ 56.01″ N, 2° 23′ 41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-, vol. XXV: 375 (ill. ony)