Benque-Dessous No. 1 / Benqué-Dessous

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design element - motifs - ball?

Scene Description: or head? at the top of the pedestal base, seen here on the left

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - concentric circles

Scene Description: In low relief

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral - 4-petal - in a circle - 2

Scene Description: two identical motifs, in low relief, side by side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: on the lower 3/4 side of the pedestal base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: several crudely carved around the middle of the basin sides and now badly damaged; two of them visible here: one to the left of the floral motifs, another, most of it broken off, at the extreme right

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

symbol - cross - pattée - in a circle

Scene Description: in low relief

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - door

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Gallo-Roman expolia built into the the southwest corner of the church; listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000052] -- Source caption: "Cippes funéraires gallo-romains remployés dans la façade sud de l'église Saint-Geniès de Benque-Dessous, Haute-Garonne, France. Précision : la photo est dans le bon sens : sur la gauche, il s'agit d'un mur vertical où poussent des petites plantes de rocaille."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Benqué-Dessous_église_cippes.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - south view - detail

Scene Description: Gallo-Roman expolia built into the the southwest corner of the church; listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000052] -- Source caption: "Cippes funéraires gallo-romains remployés dans la façade sud de l'église Saint-Geniès de Benque-Dessous, Haute-Garonne, France." [NB: the original photograph has been turned 90 degrees counter-clock wise here to show the original position of the stones].

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Benqué-Dessous_église_cippes.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Les villages de Benque-Dessous et Benque-Dessus vus depuis Saccourvielle, Haute-Garonne, France."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benqué-Dessous_village_(2).jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - chancel

Scene Description: Source caption: "Le chœur de l'église Saint-Geniès de Benque-Dessous, Haute-Garonne, France."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benqué-Dessous_église_choeur.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

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view of church interior - chancel - north side - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Hérodiade (ou Salomé) tient la tête de saint Jean Baptiste, fresque du chœur de l'église Saint-Geniès de Benque-Dessous, Haute-Garonne, France."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benqué-Dessous_église_fresques_(1).jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

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view of church interior - chancel - south side - painting

Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint Jean Baptiste, fresque du chœur de l'église Saint-Geniès de Benque-Dessous, Haute-Garonne, France."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benqué-Dessous_église_fresques_(2).jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the tops of the stoup [left, by the doorway] and font [right, with a vase of flowers on to] are visible at the far [west] end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benqué-Dessous_église_nef.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of stoup

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2011 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benqué-Dessous_église_bénitier_(1).jpg] [accessed 18 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of stoup - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

view of stoup in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Image Source: digital photograph 14 October 2021 by Montse Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 25 January 2022)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04114BEN

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Geniès de Benqué-Dessous

Church Patron Saints: St. Genesius of Arles [aka Genès, Geniès. Gennis, Gennys]

Church Location: Benqué-Dessous, 31110 Bagnères-de-Luchon, France

Country Name: France

Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located about 7 km WNW of Bagnères-de-Luchon, off the D51

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the right of the entrance, east side, by the south door

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montse Rota Serra for her photographs of this stoup

Church Notes: There are two churches,Saint-Geniès and Saint-Blaise, the first in the 'Dessous' [=lower] and the second in the 'Dessus' [=upper] parts of the commune. Saint-Blaise is reported to have an exceptional group of 15th century mural paintings (source: Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- , III A 29)

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Described and illustrated in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ): very crudely carved and irregularly shaped stoup in two parts; the basin is roughly round in shape with protruding heads; between the heads, in very low relief, a Maltese cross inside a circle. The base is a square pedestal with half-ball motifs (unless they are also heads). On-site notes: the stoup located to the right of the entrance is indeed a crude work and all the worse for the damage it has suffered; the heads located at 90-degree angles on the basin are badly broken and hardly distinguishable as other than lumps in the stone; the other low-reliefs on the basin sides have survived in better shape: L->R after the firts head: a concentric circle motif. a pattée cross in a circle; another protruding head; then, two identical motifs of a four-leaf rosette inside a circle; another protruding head; the rest is either plain or too close to the wall (or both); there is a horizontal moulding around the lower side of the basin. The cylindrical pedestal of the base has a marked roll moulding about 3/4 down the shaft and one (or several) more broken heads (or were they half-ball motifs instead?) on the upper 1/4. It is not known whether or not the work was as crude as it appears now, though the general shape and work does not look like a refined work. [NB: the baptismal font at this church -cf. the Index entry for Benque... No. 2- is also a very crude work]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.8151, 0.553917

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 48′ 54.36″ N, 0° 33′ 14.1″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (local)

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: pedestal stoup

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 7-8 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 29-31 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 44-47 cm

Basin Depth: 15 cm

Basin Total Height: 32 cm

Height of Base: 50 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

REFERENCES

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