Carbonne No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04967CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-06
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Laurent de Carbonne
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: mid-14thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094303]
Church Address: 2 Rue du Sculpteur Abbal, 31390 Carbonne, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A64-E80 crossroads, SE of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: the partition of the inner well of the font appears to have been a later addition
Font Notes:
On-site notes: looking very much like the two stoups listed for this church [cf. Index entries for Carbonne Nos. 1 & 3], this is very plain unadorned pedestal font; the inner well of the basin has been divided into two by a vertical partition at some point during its history, but it was probably not there originally. [NB: our gratitude to M. l'abbé of Carbonne, Pierre Dintilhac, and example of French hospitality and bonhomie at its best, who not only gave us access to the font and stoups in his own church, but also guided us personally to three other interesting sites in the surrounding area, all of it in the most miserable weather possible in the middle of summer!]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 356197 4794625
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.290722, 1.227361
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 17′ 26.6″ N, 1° 13′ 38.5″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Rim Thickness: 16 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 88-89 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 119-121 cm
Basin Depth: 32 cm
Basin Total Height: 45 cm [approx.]
Height of Base: 45 cm [approx.]
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI