Boussens No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04955BOU
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-07-07
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Exupère
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, on the south side, west of the door
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
Additional Comments: recycled font: it is now being used as a stoup
Font Notes:
On-site notes: the octagonal mounted object now serving as holy-water stoup in this church was originally a baptismal font; the basin sides are vertical and framed by vertical mouldings on the sides; the octagonal chamfer of the underbowl is very tall and with corresponding sides to those of the basin, but where the basin has vertical mouldings, the underbowl continues with concave fluting. The short base is cylindrical and plain.

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: 7-9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 66 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 80 - 97 cm (octagonal)
Basin Depth: 24 cm
Height of Basin Side: 29 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 35 cm
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 29 x 33 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI