Moirax

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Moirax - Église Notre-Dame - Ensemble"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph 10 July 2003 by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moirax_-_Église_Notre-Dame_-_Ensemble.JPG] [accessed 8 March 2025]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03016MOI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century (late?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Priorale Notre-Dame de Moirax
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: Delpal dates the original Cluniac priory church to the 11th century (France, 1985)
Church Address: 10 Grand Rue, 47310 Moirax, France
Site Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Moirax is licated off the D268, 8 km S of Agen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Agen
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) among a group of difficult to late fonts, but Delpal (France, 1985) dates the priory church to the end of the 11th century, which is probably the date of the font as well.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 308809 4890299
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.140886, 0.609655
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 8′ 27.19″ N, 0° 36′ 34.76″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 1
  • Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 8