Marquefave No. 1
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Results: 6 records
design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: all around the first circle of the inner basin
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
design element - motifs - heptafoil
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
symbol - cross - Greek
Scene Description: a large one, on the bottom of the inner basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
view of basin
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paternel 1, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 November 2007 by Paternel 1 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_Marquefave.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2020]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0
view of stoup
Scene Description: a composite object [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 05052MAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Marquefave
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 31390 Marquefave, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the N117-E803 km N of Carbonne, 15 km S of Muret, 40 km SW of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Historical Region: Pays du Sud Toulousain / Languedoc
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, centre of the nave
Century and Period: [composite stoup], Gallo-Roman [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to M. l'abbé of Carbonne, Pierre Dintilhac, an example of Gallic 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!
On-site notes: the object now serving as holy-water stoup here is a round shallow marble basin now mounted on a modern wrought-iron stand. Seen from the top, the basin has three concentric circles, each at a different depth level: the outer circle has a stylised floral motif repeated all around; the next circle inwards has seven concave lobes, and the last level, which is the deepest of the three, has a Greek cross motif on the bottom. It looks very much in the style of the Roman or Early-Christian period altar stones -more often rectangular- found in the south of France, later converted to several uses, included baptismal fonts and/or holy-water stoups. The present church is modern, 19th-century, but an earlier church is mentioned in a source: "Dès 1081, une église romane, dédiée à saint Hippolyte, est mentionnée par un acte du Cartulaire de Lézat [...] En 1854, l’église paroissiale est démolie et rebâtie à un autre emplacement" [http://www.marquefave.fr/fr/information/78292/decouvrir-marquefave] [accessed 28 March 2020]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.316645,
1.245853
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 18′ 59.92″ N,
1° 14′ 45.07″ E
UTM: 31T 357757 4797473
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 38 / 48 / 65 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 86-87 cm
Basin Depth: 15 cm**
Basin Total Height: 23 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI *[the three measurements correspond to the three concentric levels of the inner basin] **[at its deepest, in the centre]
