Saint-Paul-d'Espis No. 1

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04196PAU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] [recarved in the 17th century], Romanesque [altered]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens à Piac
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, by the churchyard gate
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Moissac?
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00040185]: "Eglise reconstruite dans la 2e moitié du 15e siècle ou la 1ère moitié du 16e siècle ; remaniements ultérieurs : voûte remontée en 1889, porte la date ; chapelles latérales ajoutées dans la 2e moitié du 19e siècle"
Church Address: 82400 Saint-Paul-d'Espis, France
Site Location: Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The church of St-Pierre is located in Piac, off the D96, about 2 km from Saintt-Paul-d'Espis, itself near Moissac
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: Romanesque capital of the 12th century re-purposed as stoup in the 17thC; it is believed to be originally from Moissac.
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a Romanesque capital of the 12th century now serving as holy-water stoup; it is believed to be originally from Moissac. The town's WEB site <http://www.amf82.com/stpauldespis/acceuil.htm&gt; gives de ornamentation as ribbed pattern and the provenance as "l'abbaye de Moissac". Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM82000226]: "Bénitier creusé dans un chapiteau [...] Chapiteau provenant de l'abbaye de Moissac recreusé en bénitier au 17e siècle [...] H = 35 ; la = 53 ; L = 68 ; p = 15 [...] Près de la porte du cimetière [...] Ornementation (lotus, godrons, cartouche) [...] Cartouche aux armes de l'abbaye de Moissac". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP82W00412, AP82W00413].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 340450 4890040
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.146145, 1.005069
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 8′ 46.12″ N, 1° 0′ 18.25″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III B 159-160
  • 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.
  • htp://www.amf82.com/stpauldespis/acceuil.htm, Association des Maires de France, 2001. URL: htp://www.amf82.com/stpauldespis/acceuil.htm.