Aucun No. 2 / Aucu / Aucunh / Aucuno / Cun
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Results: 33 records
B01: animal - mammal - deer - 2 - at a tree
Scene Description: the two animals are antlered and stand on their hind legs, one on each side, the front ones leaning on the tree
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B02: hunting scene - stag or deer hunting
Scene Description: the scene includes four dogs, a foot hunter and a mounted hunter
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B03: human figure - artisan - musician - musical instrument - wind instrument - reed
Scene Description: the figure wears a distinct hat; the instrument is a reed resembling a clarinet
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B04: human figure - 2 - male and female - holding hands - dancing
Scene Description: the female figure wears a long skirt
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B05: human figure - artisan - acrobat - 2
Scene Description: the one on the left stands on his head, while the one on the right jumps up in the air holding one leg
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B06: human figure - 4 - male and female - holding hands - dancing
Scene Description: the female figures wear longer skirts
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B07: human figure - artisan - musician - musical instrument - wind instrument - bag-pipe
Scene Description: the figure appears to be part of the dancing scene with the two couples
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B08: animal - mammal - dog - with mask above
Scene Description: a large face resembling a carnival mask appears to float above the dog; they both appear to be part of the dancing scene
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B09: sacrament - marriage
Scene Description: the centre figure holds the hands of the male and the female; to the left, two more female figures in long robes and head-dresses
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B10: human figure - artisan - musician - musical instrument - wind instrument - bag-pipe
Scene Description: the piper appears to be part of the wedding scene
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B11: design element - motifs - floral - 4-petal
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B12: human figure - artisan - sculptor - with tools
Scene Description: a portrait of the carver? his signature?
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B13: animal - mammal - quadruped
Scene Description: it coul be a dog and part of the two-stag scene
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view of font
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view of font
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Juan Antonio Olañeta in September 2006
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view of basin - interior
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view of iconographic program - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Un acrobate et des danseurs accompagnés par un joueur de cornemuse, un mariage avec un clerc scellant l'alliance des époux, enfin on peut penser que le sculpteur s'est représenté avec ses outils."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © loucrup65.fr, 2016
Image Source: drawing in Christian Parrou, Societe de Sept-Vallees, in loucrup65.fr [http://lieux.loucrup65.fr/bandedessinee.htm] [accessed 23 July 2016]
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view of iconographic program - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "deux chèvres broutant un petit arbre, une scène de chasse à courre avec un homme à cheval armé d'une lance face à un cerf poursuivi par des chiens que commande un piqueur (soufflant dans un cor de chasse), une scène de danse avec un joueur de hautbois."
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view of church exterior
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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - south portal - left side
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view of church exterior - south portal - east side
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view of font and cover in context
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: part of the marriage scene: bride - cleric? - bride - maid of honour?
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: part of the hunting scene
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: part of the hunting scene
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: part of the hunting scene
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail - chrismon
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the carver's portrait?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken by Juan Antonio Olañeta in September 2006 [www.claustro.com]
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information
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Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 9 July 2001 by BSI
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information
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04109AUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-09
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Félix de Gerone
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix
Church Notes: church here 12th-13thC
Church Address: 65400 Aucun, France
Site Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Aucun is located between Salles (N) and Arrens-Marsous (S), in the Tarbes area, 8 kms WSW of Argelès-Gazost on the road to Laruns.
Historical Region: Val d'Azun
Additional Comments: "signed" font: the stone carver appears working on a block; with all his tools
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ) as a baptismal font of the late Middle Ages with naïve low-relief sculpted scenes: bear hunting, stag hunting, musicians, dancers, acrobats, etc. [cf. also Index entry Aucun No. 1 for the stoup in this church, which shares some of the iconographic themes but in a much cruder execution]. On-site notes: the shallow basin (its well is only 20 cm deep) has splayed-inside sides with a graded chamfer; the upper band, the basin side proper has a long and very rich iconographic program which includes (L->R):1) two antlered deer stand on their hind legs at the sides of a tree; 2)a human standing holds a staff in his right hand while the left raises a horn to his mouth; 3)three dogs facing left; 4)a stag is being attacked by another dog; 5) a horseman carrying a lance raises it towards the stag; 6)a musician playing the flute; 7) a male and a female dance holding hands; 8)an acrobat stands on his head; 9)another acrobat jumps in the air while holding his leg; 10)two dancing couples; 11)a musician plays the bag-pipe; 12) a dog sitting on its haunches has a mask floating above it; 13)marriage scene: man to the right, woman to the left of a person who holds their hands; farther to the left, two female (?) figures who obviously form part of the scene; 14)bag-piper following the previous scene and probably part of it as well; 15)four-petal flower; 16) a stone carver portrayed working a block of stone, his tools of trade shown above; 17)quadruped (dog?) which may form part of the first scene. The second band of the chamfered basin side has half-ball motifs at regular intervals; the third band is plain. The stem of the base is a plain cylindrical column and the lower base is cylindrical and plain as well, but wider.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 729051 4761779
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (composite) (local)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 67 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 88-90 cm
Basin Depth: 20 cm
Basin Total Height: 35 cm
Height of Base: 62 cm
Height of Central Column: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: there are two metal anchors left still on the top surface of the basin; there is also some damage on the basin upper side, which may or may not be lid-related
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 15