Bourg-d'Oueil No. 1

Results: 4 records

B01: human figure

Scene Description: several? a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- )

B02: animal - mammal - quadruped

Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- )

B03: design element - patterns - chequered

Scene Description: above the doves

B04: animal - bird - dove - drinking from chalice - 2

Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- )

INFORMATION

FontID: 04115BOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Blaise
Church Patron Saints: St. Blaise [aka Biagio, Blas, Blásios, Blasius]
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Directions to Site: In the valley of Oueil, 6 km S of Arreau, 15 km W of Bagnères-de-Luchon
Font Location in Church: East side, by the south door
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ) as a marble stoup "de style archaïque"; it is ornamented with doves drinking from a chalice, quadrupeds and human figures. On-site notes: this is an angular wall-mounted stoup with crudely carved ornamentation; above the doves mentioned in the Dictionnaire... [cf. supra], there is a band of checkered pattern. The shape of the object appears to be square, with two sides embeded in the wall.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (grey)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Rim Thickness: 7-17 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 43 cm
Basin Depth: 11 cm
Basin Total Height: 40 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 57 x 57 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI

REFERENCES

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