Bairols
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: One at each corner of the basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 03688BAI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Marguerite de Bairols
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Church Location: Cuolla, 06420 Bairols, France
Country Name: France
Location: Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located off the M56, W of the M2205, 45-50 km N of Nice
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Pedestal water stoup dated as medieval; the basin is square at the top with four crudely carved and now very weathered heads, one at each corner; the rest of the basin is rounded and the stem of the base is cylindrical.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.98254, 7.127274
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 58′ 57.14″ N, 7° 7′ 38.18″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square (at top)
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000