Gourdon nr. Bas-sur-Loup / Gordon / Gordone
Results: 4 records
angel - head
symbol - chalice - holy wafer - foliage
view of church exterior - southeast end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2011 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gourdon_(Alpes-Maritimes)_-339.jpg] [accessed 12 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 June 2011 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gourdon_(Alpes-Maritimes)_-332.jpg] [accessed 12 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 03673GOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Vincent
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Church Location: 06620 Gourdon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located off the D3, in the canton de Bas-sur-Loup, NE of Grasse, NW of Antibes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nice
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted, at the end of the nave
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00080726] -- This chapel/church is reported to date to the 11th-12th century; former "chapelle castrale de Notre-Dame" became parishional in 1610, and was consecrated in 1792
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Petit Patrimoine [www.petit-patrimoine.com/fiche-petit-patrimoine.php?id_pp=06068_4&liste_pp=pm] [accessed 12 February 2017] notes: "Datant du XIIème siècle; elle possède un bénitier d'époque romane". The small medieval water stoup is wall-mounted at the back of the nave; the front has a chalice-cum-host on a foliage background and angel heads as ornamentation.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.719663,
6.978661
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 43′ 10.79″ N,
6° 58′ 43.18″ E
UTM: 32T 337178 4842723
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: other
Basin Interior Shape: other
Basin Exterior Shape: other
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000