Mas / Le Mas nr. St-Auban / Lo Mas / Massio / Matio / Maz

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: after the church restoration of 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 September 2013 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Mas_-_Église_Notre-Dame_-1.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2016]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the church is on a height, to the left of the village

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: after the church restoration of 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 September 2013 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Mas_-_Église_Notre-Dame_-6.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: after the church restoration of 2006 -- the font is partially visible in an alcove in the left [south] wall

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 September 2013 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Mas_-_Église_Notre-Dame_-7.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2016]

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: before the major restoration of 2006 -- the font and cover are partially visible on the right

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Scene Description: after the church restoration of 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 September 2013 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Mas_-_Église_Notre-Dame_-10.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2016]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: after the church restoration of 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 September 2013 by Mossot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Mas_-_Église_Notre-Dame_-9.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: before the major restoration of 2006 -- in an alcove in the south wall

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: before the major restoration of 2006 --

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: before the major restoration of 2006

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font cover

Scene Description: before the major restoration of 2006 -- the old painted font cover, no longer visible in the church

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03685MAS

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre Dame du Mas [now -June 2001- abandoned]

Church Location: 06910 Le Mas, France

Country Name: France

Location: Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Located off the D5, WSW of Aiglun, between Le Collet and Les Susses, in the canton and E of Saint-Auban, arrondiss. de Grasse, 32 km E of Castellane, 45 km NNW of Nice. The church itself is located on a height, just outside the village.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nice

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove of the S wall of the nave

Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: church here, first documented in 1351 and 1376, is believed to have been built in 12thC by monks from the Abbaye de Lérins -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00080759] with date in the 12thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Thirion (1980) describes the church and gives its interior plan but does not mention the font. This font, claimed to be a 13th-century immersion font in the source [cf. infra], has a narrow, tall basin, shaped almost like a bucket, with a short stumpy base. It appears crudely executed and devoid of ornamentation. It has a conical wooden cover of a later date, painted with stars and stylised flowers, with two hinged sides which open as doors to provide access to the well. (Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, 2000, v. 2, p. 808). On-site notes: we were informed on our visit to Le Mas, June 2001, that the church is no longer used and remains locked without any access possible, but we did manage to get a view and a few awkward images of the font from the outside; these images confirm the information found in the bibliographic sources; the tall conical cover, painted in blue and gold, is still particularly striking [cf. Images area] [NB: the church was fully renovated and restored in 2006, and re-consecrated in May 2007 by the bishop of Nice]. As of 2006 the painted cover is no longer on the font; it has been replaced by a plain one of approximately the same size and shape.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.8436, 6.85836

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 50′ 36.96″ N, 6° 51′ 30.1″ E

UTM: 32T 327844 4856726

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown

Material: wood,

Notes: In June 2001 the font was covered by a conical wooden beautifully painted with stars and flowers and hinged doors; from 2006 the cover is of plain unpainted wood

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000

Thirion, Jacques, Alpes romanes, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1980