Buoux No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04055BUO
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-06-12
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th century, Carolingian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: altar-font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the altar
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: According to the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-), the old church dated back to 1050 but had been abandoned in the 17th century; The single-nave, apse-less new church was built in 1706. -- Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA84000044]: "Ancienne église attestée dès 1158 et attribuée à la période romane selon certains auteurs mais semblant plus tardive (fin gothique). Remaniée au 16e siècle. L'édifice se compose d'une nef voûtée en berceau sur doubleaux et d'une abside semi-circulaire voûtée en cul-de-four. Retable en pierre du 16e siècle."
Church Address: Chem. de l'Oratoire, 84480 Buoux, France
Site Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D113, about 50 km ESE of Avignon, just S of Apt, between the Petit and Grand Luberons
Additional Comments: recycled stoup / altar font / altar stoup: beautiful Carolingian altar; ca. 1966 was being used as holy-water stoup but by June 2001 it had been reverted to its original function as altar
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a beautiful Carolingian altar now serving as holy-water stoup. On-site notes: a lovely rectangular "ara" with ornamented sides; the front side of the rectangle(long) has six small rectangular divisions with a dove in each one; all the doves face left, except the one on the extreme left, which faces right; next side [L->R] (narrow): four quadrupeds, two on each side of -and facing- a Maltese cross; next side (long): bunches of grapes (?) between flowers; next side (narrow): two foliage motifs, one to each side of a large flower in the centre. The base is also rectangular but much narrower and plain. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM84000304]: "Cet ancien autel carolingien sert de bénitier [...] 9e siècle [...] L = 190 ; la = 100 ; pr = 2". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP0045T006203, AP0045T006204]. [NB: this object is now [June 2001] being used again as altar table] -- [NB: cf. Index entry for Buoux No. 2, the wall-mounted stoup which served as baptismal font]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 690917 4856041
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.832783, 5.374595
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 49′ 58.02″ N, 5° 22′ 28.54″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Depth: 2 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 100 x 190 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II D 49
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.