Calce No. 2 / Calcenum / Calcia / Mas de Las Fonts?

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21377CAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: [uncertain provenance: Église Sainte Marie du Mas de Las Fonts? / Église paroissiale Saint-Paul de Calce? [cf. FontNotes]]
Font Location in Church: [not in a church]
Church Patron Saint(s): Sainte Marie
Church Notes: original pre-Romanesque chapel of Saint-Paul-le-Vieux;the church of Saint-Paul in Calce is listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029682]; the church of Sainte-Marie in Mas de Las Fonts is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00125500]
Church Address: 66600 Calce, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between Cases-de-Pène (N) and Pézilla-la-Rivière (S), SE of Estagel, W of Baixas, 15 km NW of Perpignan
Historical Region: Les Corbières catalanes, Roussillon
Additional Comments: disused font (reported in a farm in the 1967 Inventaire général)
Font Notes:
There are two baptismal fonts listed in Palissy for this locality, both of them stone fonts of the 12th century, both of them located in "lieu-dit Las fonts; adresse Docteur Arnold, époux bobo; édifice ferme". One, with Palissy reference IM66000111: " fonts baptismaux [marbre] 12e siècle [...] Cette cuve du 12e siècle, provient soit de la chapelle mère de las fonts, soit de l'église de saint Paul de Calce [...] propriété privée" [cf. Index entry for Calce No. 1 for the other font in this locality].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM66000111]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.