Montferrer No. 1 / Monferrer
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Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006 [www.claustro.com]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006 [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12024MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Ste-Marie de Montferrer
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104050]: "Edifice du 12e siècle comprenant une nef avec abside en cul de four, recouvert d'une voûte en berceau ogive reposant sur les murs. Un clocher carré s'élève contre la façade nord."
Church Address: 9-15 Rue de la Place, 66150 Montferrer, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D74, 18-20 km SW of Ceret
Font Notes:
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Plain bucket-shaped monolithic baptismal font probably of the 12th, the date of the church itself.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 464464 4698486
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.437883, 2.567936
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 26′ 16.38″ N, 2° 34′ 4.57″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round