Ansouis
Results: 2 records
B01: symbol - cross - Latin
Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1981)
B02: symbol - heart
Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1981)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04546ANS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Pertuis, arrondissement Apt
Font Location in Church: In the nave, 1st crossing
Date: 1672
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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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. [NB: this church has an octagonal holy-water stoup of uncertain date - not listed in this Index]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
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
Inscription Text: "1672"
Inscription Source: Inventaire général... (1981)
REFERENCES
Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Vaucluse: cantons Cadenet et Pertuis ; Pays d'Aigues, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1981