Lombez No. 3 / Lumbarium
Results: 2 records
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: all over the sides of the capital-shaped basin
view of stoup
Scene Description: one of two
INFORMATION
FontID: 05047LOM
Church/Chapel: Ancienne cathédrale Sainte-Marie
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Place de la Cathédrale, 32220 Lombez
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D626 [aka Blvd des Pyrénées], 55 kms SW of Toulouse (follow the N124 west to l'Isle-Jourdain and, there, the D634 south to Lombez)
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Toulouse [Diocèse de Lombez until 1801]
Font Location in Church: To the left of the western door
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Another such to the right of the western door of the same location
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Medieval marble foliage capital that has been hollowed out for use as holy-water stoup, mounted on a cylindrical column to the left of the western door; there is another just like it to the right of the door.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.474444,
0.910556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 28′ 28″ N,
0° 54′ 38″ E
UTM: 31T 331007 4815624
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: capital (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]