Ansouis No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04546ANS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Date: 1672

Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century

Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin d'Ansouis

Font Location in Church: In the nave, 1st crossing

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours

Church Notes: 13thC(?) church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081799]: "13e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 16e siècle"

Church Address: 5114F Gr Grande Rue, 84240 Ansouis, France -- Tel.: +33 4 90 79 11 91

Site Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the D37, about 7 km NNW of Pertuis

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Inventaire général... (1981) as a 17th-century limestone octagonal font; one of the basin sides is ornamented with a Latin cross, a heart and the date 1672. A 26 August 2021 photograph of this font by René Hourdry [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ansouis_Eglise_Fonds_baptismau_(1672).jpg] [accesse 2 May 2025].
[cf. BSI entry for Ansouis No. 2 for a holy-water stoup claimed to be medieval]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 698378 4845790

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.7386, 5.46352

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 44′ 18.96″ N, 5° 27′ 48.67″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: octagonal, mounted

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm

Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1981)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers

Inscription Location: on one of the basin sides, the front

Inscription Text: "1672"

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Inscription Source: Inventaire général... (1981)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: round, flat and plain; appears modern

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