Bazus-Aure No. 1 / Badús / Gassia de Basus / Gassie de Basus / Gassie de Bazuz
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design element - patterns - zigzag
Scene Description: the band of saw-tooth motif covers only the front, not the sides
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: one of several
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design element - motifs - piping
Scene Description: forming partial triangular frames on the sides and underbowl
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design element - motifs - scroll?
Scene Description: on the right side
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symbol - star - 6-point - in a cricle
Scene Description: one of the several motifs on the basin
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Scene Description: a fountain outside the church
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04112BAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-10
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Michel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the S side of the W door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA65000009] as a 12thC church re-built in the 16thC; modified 18th, 19thC
Church Address: 65170 Bazus-Aure, France
Site Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located between Grézian (N) and Guchan (S), 6 km S of Arreau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes
Historical Region: Les Véziaux d'Aure, Midi-Pyrénées
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ) as a Romanesque baptismal font built partly into the wall; it is ornamented with saw-tooth motif and stylised palmettes. Also listed, illustrated and described in Corbel (2000: 107), where the cylindrical support is described as a recent addition. On-site notes: the very irregular basin has a rectangular upper area and a somewhat rounded underbowl; the band on the upper basin has a continued saw-tooth motif, but only on the front, not on the sides; the underbowl has marked diagonal mouldings, again, very irregular, with several equally irregular motifs, except for one well-executed six-point star inside a circle; the other motifs are a few circles, 9-shaped motif, etc. As pointed out in Corblet (cf. supra), the plain cylindrical base could well be a later addition.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 283513 4748277
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.856423, 0.350221
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 51′ 23.12″ N, 0° 21′ 0.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: irregular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: semicircular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 4-13 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 42 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 52 x 52 cm(?)*
Basin Depth: 12 cm
Basin Total Height: 33 cm
Height of Base: 50 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI *[the width of the top is estimated; it appears that a third of the stone is built into the wall]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: the semicircular lid is hinged to the back of the font rim
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 27
- Corbel, Pierre-Yves, Hautes-Pyrénées: Vallée d'Aure II: canton d'Arreau, Toulouse: ACCORD/Midi-Pyrénées, éditions du patrimoine, 2000, p. 107