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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

INFORMATION

FontID: 08413ARS
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Laurent / Església de Sant Laurènç [originaklly from Husseus or Aydous?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Sournia / Sornian, in the Fenolleda region
Font Location in Church: In the S side, just right of the entrance
Century and Period: 15th - 17th century, Late Medieval
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"].

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-