Bourg-d'Oueil No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04115BOU
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-07-11
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Blaise de Bourg-d'Oueil
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, E side, by the S door
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Blaise [aka Biagio, Blas, Blásios, Blasius]
Church Notes: 15thC church
Church Address: 800 Le Village, 31110 Bourg-d'Oueil, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D51D, in the valley of Oueil, 9-10 km SE of Arreau, 15-16 km NW of Bagnères-de-Luchon
Font Notes:
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 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.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 42.859224, 0.499414
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 42° 51′ 33.2″ N, 0° 29′ 57.89″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (grey)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system
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-, III A 34