Pau
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2005
Image Source: Digital photograph by Montserrat Estela
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 5 May 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10863PAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at nearby Palau-saverdera, for example
Church / Chapel Name: Església de Sant Martí de Pau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Plaça Major, 5, 17494 Pau, Girona, Spain -- Tel.: +34 972 25 63 91
Site Location: Gerona / Girona, Cataluña / Catalunya, Spain, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the GI-610, about 10 km NW of Roses/Rosas
Font Notes:
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Large cauldron-like monolithic font of the type often found in this area, on both sides of the Pyrénées; it is totally plain, without a base; the flat wooden cover with a Maltese cross decoration is modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 509585 4684853
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.315853, 3.116319
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 18′ 57.07″ N, 3° 6′ 58.75″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no