Toulouges / Toluges
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09418TOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1510
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Honorat Grinxant
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale St-Marie de Toulouges / Església de l'Assumpció de la Mare de Deu de Toulouges
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: church documented 908 AD; present church 11thC; modified 18thC; restored 1958-1961 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104143]: "L'édifice peut être daté de la seconde moitié du 11e siècle."
Church Address: Av. Pasteur, 66350 Toulouges, France
Architectural style: Romanesque architecture -- Tel.: +33 4 68 54 43 90
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D612, 6-7 km W of Perpignan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (one from the 9thC church here?)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Gran geografìa comarcal de Catalunya (1982-1985, vol. 13) as a holy-water stoup dated 1510, made of white marble, the work of Honorat Grinxant.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for bringing this stoup to our attention
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 486118 4724339
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.6714, 2.83059
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 40′ 17.04″ N, 2° 49′ 50.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Gran Geografia Comarcal de Catalunya, Barcelona: Fundaciò Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1982-1985, vol. 13: [??]