Riunogues No. 1, in Maureillas-las-Illas / Riunoguers / Riunoguès / Rium nogarium / Rivonugario

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view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: part of an Adoration of the Magi -- the entry in Mémoire [ref.: APMH0175095] gives the location of the mural painting: 75 ; Paris ; Musée des Monuments français [NB: collections from this museum appear to have been moved to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (Quai Malaquais, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris -or- the Musée des monuments français (Palais de Chaillot, place du Trocadéro-et-du-11-Novembre, 16e arrondissement) -- to be confirmed]

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Image Source: Négatif noir et blanc ; gélatino-bromure ; contretype, taken by Maurice Thaon [NUMP MH0175095]; in Mémoire [ref.: APMH0175095]

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view of church interior - plan

Scene Description: notice the position of the font and stoup in it

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Image Source: phototype argentique taken in 1987 by André Signoles [NUMI 20086602177ZA]; in Mémoire [ref.: MHR91_20086602177]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: listed in Mémoire as "bénitier"

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Image Source: phototype argentique taken in 1985 by André Signoles [NUMI 20086606121Z]; in Mémoire [ref.: MHR91_20086606121]

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view of font and stoup in context

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Image Source: phototype argentique taken in 1985 by André Signoles [NUMI 20086606118ZE]; in Mémoire [ref.: MHR91_20086606118]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19085RIU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel de Riunoguès
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 66480 Maureillas-las-Illas, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the A9, just S of Maureills-las-Illas, SW of Le Boulou, 30 km from Perpignan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Perpignan-Elne
Historical Region: Les Albères -- Vallespir
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side
Century and Period: 10th century (?), Medieval
Church Notes: church originally pre-Romanesque. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104046] with date in the 10thC
Palissy [ref.: PM66000498] lists a baptismal font of the 18th century here [NB: Palissy has "Runinogues", but Mérimée [ref.: PA00104046] has the correct spelling, "Riunoguès"]. Two objects are illustrated in Mémoire [refs.: MHR91_20086606121 and MHR91_20086606122] (photographed in 1985), both described as "bénitier" [term found often to designate the font and the stoup indistinctively]:

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.461944, 2.819722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 27′ 43″ N, 2° 49′ 11″ E
UTM: 31T 484452 4704355