Bagneres-de-Bigorre No. 1 / Aquæ bigerritanas / Aquae Convenarum / Bagnères-de-Bigorre / Banhèras de Bigòrra / Begorra / Vicus Aquensis
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view of font
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the outer "armoire creusée" which hides the old stone font
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the cover and doors open
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 3
Scene Description: on some of the capitals of the outer columns of the base
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Florent Pécassou, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 16 June 2007 by Florent Pécassou [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bagnereseglisestvincent.jpg] [accessed 26 July 2016]
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view of font and canopy, baldachin in context
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: on the bases of the outer columns of the base
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: on the bases of the outer columns of the base
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on some of the capitals of the outer columns of the base
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view of canopy - finial
Scene Description: Baptism of Christ by John, finial of the elaborate late-17thC (?) canopy over the font
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02527BAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-10
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Campan, Roche, Villeseque, Carnac (France)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Vincent
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, N side, by a pillar
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent
Church Notes: original church may have been an Early Christian site -- present church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00095337] as built extra-muros in the 13thC, modified 14th, 15th, 16th, 17thC
Church Address: 11 rue Pasteur, 65200 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France -- Tel.: +33 5 62 95 08 08
Site Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Bagnères-de-Bigorre is 21 km S of Tarbes on the D935, 20 kms E of Lourdes.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: recycled font / armoire creusee font: Romanesque font hidden in a 17th-century armoir
Font Notes:
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Like those at Roche, Villeseque and Carnac, this font is encased in an "armoire creusée" (Chastel, 1966, p. 288). On-site notes: this baptismal is a good example of the influence of fad and fashion in the life of the liturgical object. The viewer looks in vain for the font inside the church; only a large late-17th century holy-water stoup is visible in the church. At the west end of the nave a large octagonal late 17th-century armoire serves as base to a tall canopy whose finial is a baptism of Christ sculpture group; the predominant colours are cream and brown. Hidden under this monument of cabinetry (the work of the Maison Ferrère in 1686) is a large 13th-century stone font. The cylindrical basin, mostly plain but for a a roll moulding at each end of the basin sides, top and bottom; as in the case of the Tournai fonts, the "capitals" of the six outer columns of the base are beautifully decorated, in this case, with fleur de lis; the base of these columns -six altogether- consists of a thin roll moulding, then a larger one with ball motifs at 90-degree angles, and finally a square plinth or lower base. There is also a plain cylindrical stem under the centre of the underbasin. The base stands on the original floor of the church, well below the present one.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Monsieur l'abbé for providing us with access to the original font [the cabinet is normally kept locked] and also for pointing out to us the font at nearby Campan
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 267948 4772003
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.065251, 0.150096
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 3′ 54.91″ N, 0° 9′ 0.35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: the drain is square, 10x10 cm
Rim Thickness: 17 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 107 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 141 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Height of Basin Side: 24 cm
Basin Total Height: 45 cm
Height of Base: 55 cm
Height of Central Column: 36 cm
Height of Side Columns: 36 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Date: Late 17th century?
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Chastel, André, Histoire générale des Églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, France: Robert Laffont, 1966, p. 288