Bagneres-de-Bigorre No. 2 / Aquæ bigerritanas / Aquae Convenarum / Bagnères-de-Bigorre / Banhèras de Bigòrra / Begorra / Vicus Aquensis

Results: 8 records

Click to view images and/or subjects

design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

design element - patterns - gadrooned

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

design element - patterns - gadrooned

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: a holy-water stoup in this church; it is probably composite in nature; age unknown

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 04932BAG

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vincent

Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent

Church Location: 11 rue Pasteur, 65200 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France -- Tel.: +33 5 62 95 08 08

Country Name: France

Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Bagnères-de-Bigorre is 21 km S of Tarbes on the D935, 20 km E of Lourdes.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tarbes et Lourdes

Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, centre of the nave

Date: 1694?

Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Renaissance

Cognate Fonts: Campan No. 2

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Monsieur l'abbé for the information regarding this stoup and the suggestion to visit Campan

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: oval holy-water stoup made of grey marble, plain except for a few mouldings in the basin and base; it belongs to a type common in this period -in both fonts and stoups- consisting of a shallow oval basin with a roll moulding at the upper side, and a baluster-type base. According to the parish priest, the church records date it exactly to 1694. There is a similar one in Campan, a village nearby [cf. Index entry for Campan No. 2]. Another holy-water stoup, a small undated one but probably of late date, is also found in this church [not listed in this Index, but photos available in the Images section.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.065251, 0.150096

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 3′ 54.91″ N, 0° 9′ 0.35″ E

UTM: 31T 267948 4772003

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (grey)

Number of Pieces: three or four

Font Shape: pedestal stoup (oval)

Basin Interior Shape: oval

Basin Exterior Shape: oval

Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 67-93 cm (oval)

Diameter (includes rim): 83-110 cm (oval)

Basin Depth: 18 cm

Basin Total Height: 28 cm

Height of Base: 92 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site