Marmande No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04188MAR
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital, medieval
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [base only] -- 16th century [basin only], [composite stoup]
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle Saint-Benoît de Marmande
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Notes: The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) informs that this is the old chapel from a Benedictine convent whose buildings are now the Sous-Prefecture -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084162]: "Le couvent de bénédictines de Marmande fut fondé en 1645 par Antoinette d'Esparbès de Lussan, marquise de Grignols qui fit de sa fille la prieure à vie de l'établissement."
Church Address: 91 Rue de la Libération, 47200 Marmande, France
Site Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D813, about 50 km NW of Agen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Agen
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: one of two holy water stoups carved out of 14th-century capitals in this church, this one is a composite, with a 16thC basin
Font Notes:
Drescribed in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as one of two holy-water stoups in this church, which have been carved out of 14th century capitals. The two stoups are listed in a single entry in Palissy [ref.: PM47000166]: "2 chapiteaux, 2 bénitiers [...] 14e siècle [...] Le premier chapiteau sert de bénitier et en supporte un autre de la fin du 16e siècle, de forme ovale et décoré de godrons. Le deuxième chapiteau sert aussi de bénitier [...] H = 50 ; la = 50 (Dimensions du premier chapiteau) ; Dimensions du deuxième chapiteau : h = 40, la = 50". As indicated in the Palissy entry above, this stoup is a composite of a late-16th century basin and a 14th-century re-purposed capital, its shape consisting of a square upper volume decorated with human heads at the corners, raised on clustered columns and a square lower base decorated with large foliated scrolls. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP47W00516, APMH00065466, OA047_20244701325, OA047_20244701325, OA047_20244701327]. [cf. BSI entry for Marmande No. 2 for the second capital]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 274250 4931391
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.500531, 0.160289
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 30′ 1.91″ N, 0° 9′ 37.04″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Height of Base: 50 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 50 x 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 93
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.