Buoux No. 1

Results: 6 records

B01: animal - bird - dove - 6

inside small rectangular divisions; one faces right, the other five face left
Scene Description: inside small rectangular divisions; one faces right, the other five face left

B02: animal - mammal - quadruped - 4

two to each side of a Maltese cross
Scene Description: two to each side of a Maltese cross

B03: symbol - cross - Greek - Maltese

in the centre, between the quadrupeds
Scene Description: in the centre, between the quadrupeds

B04: symbol - fruit - grapes

several bunches of grapes alternating with flowers
Scene Description: several bunches of grapes alternating with flowers

B05: design element - motifs - floral - flower

several flowers alternating with bunches of grapes
Scene Description: several flowers alternating with bunches of grapes

B06: design element - motifs - foliage

with a large flower in the middle
Scene Description: with a large flower in the middle

INFORMATION

FontID: 04055BUO
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Marie
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located about 50 km ESE of Avignon, just south of Apt, between the Petit and Grand Luberons
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, near the altar
Century and Period: 9th century, Carolingian
Workshop/Group/Artisan: altar-font
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.
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. [NB: this object is now -June 2001- being used again as altar] -- [NB: cf. Index entry for Buoux No. 2, the wall-mounted stoup which served as baptismal font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-