Boussens No. 1

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

FontID: 04954BOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the A64, just south of Martres-Tolosane
Font Location in Church: West side of the nave, in a centre chapel
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
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,