Sauvelade

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04158SAU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Gallo-Roman
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne abbatiale Saint-Jacques de Sauvelade
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D110, 10-12 km SE of Orthez, Mourenx, abut 30 km WNW of Pau
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: the base of the holy water stoup: it is a cylinder of red and green marble at whose extremes have been added, "tan bien que mal", two corinthian capitals of grey marble, one with elegant veined roundels, the other with beautiful palmettes and large crosses; these odd parts are believed to be Gallo-Roman remnants.
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as the base of the holy-water stoup: it is a cylinder of red and green marble at whose extremes have been added, "tan bien que mal", two Corinthian capitals of grey marble, one with elegant veined roundels, the other with beautiful palmettes and large crosses; these odd parts are believed to be Gallo-Roman remnants/spolia.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 685560 4807030
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.393198, -0.708789
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 23′ 35.51″ N, 0° 42′ 31.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (red, green and grey)
Number of Pieces: six?

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 116-117