Luz-Saint-Sauveur No. 2 / De Lus / De Luso / Guilhermi Etzii de Lunis / Lus e Sent Sauvaire / Luus

Results: 3 records

design element - motifs - piping - 4

Scene Description: four cylinder pipes set at 90-degree angles on the basin side -- notice the metal plate for the font cover lock

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 July 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05049LUZ

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-André

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew

Church Location: 65120 Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France

Country Name: France

Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located off the D918-D921 crossroads, NE of Cauterets, 19 km S of Argelès-Gazost, itself 13 km S of Lourdes

Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side, opposite the N doorway

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

On-site notes: monolithic cylindrical font, probably of the late 12th or early 13th century; the only ornamanetation are four short vertical cylinders, at 90-degree angles on the basin sides. There is a plain wooden lid, hinged at the back, which locks in the front of the basin.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.871528, -0.003333

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 52′ 17.5″ N, 0° 0′ 12″ W

UTM: 30T 744770 4750905

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 6-7 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 64 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm

Basin Depth: 33 cm

Basin Total Height: 27 cm [based on the height of the angle ornaments]

Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Notes: plain wooden lid hinged at back and with lock at the front