Campan No. 2 / Campaa / Campano

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view of church exterior - south view

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: northeast end of the church at the back

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023

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

view of stoup in context

INFORMATION

FontID: 04965CAM
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de Campan
Country Name: France
Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located 6 kms SES of Bagneres-de-Bigorre down the D935
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Pamiers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, centre of the nave
Date: ca. 1690?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Cognate Fonts: A similar one in Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Marble oval holy-water stoup very similar to the one found in nearby Bagneres-de-Bigorre [cf. Index entry for Bagneres-de-Bigorre No. 2] [NB: we are grateful to M. l'abbé at B-de-B. for suggesting this stoup.]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Rim Thickness: 7 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 60 x 85 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 76 x 100 cm
Basin Depth: 17 cm
Basin Total Height: 29 cm
Height of Base: 84 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 113 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site