Boussens No. 1 / Bossens
Results: 13 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all around the heads
B02: angel - head - 8
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BBU01: design element - motifs - vine - grape
Scene Description: beautiful vine all around
BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: between the heads of the underbowl
BU02: human figure - female - head
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU03: cleric - bishop - head - wearing mitre
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU04: cleric - monk - head
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU05: cleric - nun - head
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU06: human figure - male - Green Man or woodwoose - head
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU07: human figure - male - head
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU08: cleric - bishop - head - wearing mitre
Scene Description: uncertain identification
BU09: human figure - male - jester - head
Scene Description: uncertain identification
design element - motifs - ball - 4
Scene Description: one at each angle of the lower base
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04954BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-07
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Exupère
Font Location in Church: Inside, W side of the nave, in a centre chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Exuperius [aka Exsuperius, Exupéry, Soupire]
Church Address: 2-6 Rue de la Viele, 31360 Boussens, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A64, just S of Martres-Tolosane, 55-60 km SW of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: interesting font probably of the 14th century; the basin's upper part is octagonal with a band of grapevine ornamentation below the lip of the rim; below this band, a deeply carved level of dense foliage and a number of heads which might represent angels; the next level down, the underbowl proper, has more heads set in the midst of the same dense foliage found in the mid level; the heads displayed are varied: a female, a bishop, a monk, a nun, a green-man, a male, another bishop, a jester. The stem of the base is octagonal and plain except for a few mouldings, and the short lower base is square with ball motif (?) at the four angles. It has a modern wooden lid with a cross finial. The font itself is made of a very porous yellow limestone.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 335250 4782149
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.174151, 0.973029
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 10′ 26.95″ N, 0° 58′ 22.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 14-18 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 71-72 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 101-137 cm (octagonal)
Basin Depth: 32 cm
Basin Total Height: 52 cm
Height of Base: 54 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 44 x 44 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood