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

INFORMATION

FontID: 21377CAL

Church/Chapel: [uncertain provenance: Eglise Sainte Marie du Mas de Las Fonts? / Eglise paroissiale Saint-Paul de Calce? [cf. FontNotes]]

Church Location: 66600 Calce, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie

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

Font Location in Church: [not in a church]

Century and Period: 12th century, Late Romanesque

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]

Font Notes: Click to view 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]