Mauran
Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Results: 18 records
LID01: symbol - cross - Latin
Scene Description: as finial
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - chevron - foliated
Scene Description: two rows of chevron sandwiched between bands of foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 3
Scene Description: three large ones on one of the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
symbol - cross - Greek - crescent moon - sun - rosette - bird
Scene Description: the arms of the cross are made of chevron motif; the other motifs fill the four spaces between the arms of the cross
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
symbol - cross - Greek - fleurdelisée - in a circle
Scene Description: on one of the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Christ - monogram - Alpha and Omega - with crismon
Scene Description: on one of the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - zigzag - beaded-tape - foliage
Scene Description: from top to bottom
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the chrismon; above, in the rim, an old metal staple
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
animal - bird
Scene Description: a large one on one of the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - patterns - diaper - in a circle
Scene Description: on one of the underbowl sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
symbol - star - star of David - in a circle - garland
Scene Description: the circle is a round garland or wreath
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - 6?
Scene Description: several (six?) on one of the underbowl sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon
Scene Description: on one of the underbowl sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 6-petal - in a circle
Scene Description: on one of the underbowl sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church interior - cross - processional cross
![listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000366] as a 13thC processional cross now disappeared [" 1ère moitié 13e siècle [...] oeuvre disparue"]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/MAU0105021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000366] as a 13thC processional cross now disappeared [" 1ère moitié 13e siècle [...] oeuvre disparue"]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
Scene Description: tall irregular arches, all around the polygonal base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05054MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-07
Font Date: ca. 1320?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Related fonts in the area at Sajas, St-Ferréol, Cazères No. 1, Lias
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, in a S side alcove or chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 13thC church here , built on Gallo-Roman site -- church underwent restoration in 2007; was the font 'done' too?
Church Address: 31220 Mauran, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A64, between Martres-Tolosane (NW) and Montclar-de-Comminges (S), NW of Saint-Gaudens, 70 km S of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Toulouse [earlier in the Diocèse de Rieux]
Historical Region: Cœur de Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: damaged font / recycled font [from the old church]
Font Notes:
Click to view
A font in the parish church of Mauran appears listed in Renault's 1873 index (pp. 332 and 467) to vols. XXXI through XXXIX of the Bulletin monumental with reference to vol. XXXI, p. 145, where it is described as "Font baptismaux de l'ancienne église, ils sont romans et présentent beaucoup d'intérét". Noted in Adolphe Laurent Joanne's Géographie du département de la Haute-Garonne (Paris: Hachette, 1882): 56: "Dans l'église, fonts baptismaux avec bas-reliefs du XIIIe s." Described and illustrated in Espagnat (1911: 33-35). Described and illustrated in Mesplé (1970: 134-135 and fig. 4), who relates its ornamentation to that on the fonts at Lias and Cazères No.1 [cf. Index entries] and dates it accordingly to ca. 1320 [the date inscribed on the Cazères No. 1 font]. The site of the Mairie de Mauran [www.mairie-mauran31.fr/fr/le-village/historique.html] [accessed 17 May 2017] notes: "Cuve baptismale. Cette cuve du XIIIème siècle est conservée dans son nouveau sanctuaire qui est l’église de Mauran, au cœur du village. Elle provient de l’ancienne église romane de Saint-Martin. De forme décagonale, reposant sur un pied à colonnettes, elle est ornée d’un décor très symbolique, de style gothique, mêlant dragons, fleurons, étoiles, fleurs de lis, chrisme et frise végétale ondulée." Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000364] with date in the 14th century. On-site notes: this baptismal font stands surrounded by rubbish and construction rubble in an alcove to the right of the entrance of the new church, showing signs of bleaching (?) or paint on one of its sides. The sides of the decagonal basin are vertical and ornamented with varied motifs: 1)against the wall; 2)large bird; 3)band of zig-zag at the top, then a line of dots, and a band of foliage at the bottom; 4)chrismon with alpha on the left and omega on the right; 5)fleurdelysée Greek cross in a circle; 6)two rows of chevron motif, each pointing in a different direction, sandwiched between two bands of foliage; 7)three large fleurs-de-lis; 8)a Greek cross made of chevron motif has a different motif in each of the four spaces between the arms (clockwise from top left): crescent Moon, Sun, rosette, bird; 9)againts the wall; 10)against the wall. The rounded underbowl has also a motif in each panel: Star-of-David in a garland circle, circle filled with dog-tooth pattern, several fleurs-de-lis, winged dragon, six-petal flower in a circle. etc. The base is also decagonal and has a blind arcade of tall trefoil arches.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.info] for his additional photographs of this font
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: decagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: decagonal
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: large drain hole (10 cm wide)
Rim Thickness: 11-13 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 67-68 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm* / 94 cm** / 95 cm***
Basin Depth: 34 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 22 cm*
Basin Total Height: 52 cm*
Height of Base: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 102 cm* / 95 cm***
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Mesplé (1970: 134) / *** Palissy [ref.: PM31000364]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: plain wooden lid [NB: the staples of the old cover are still in place in the upper rim]
REFERENCES
- Espagnat, Émile, Notes historiques et archéologiques sur Cazères (Haute-Garonne), Toulouse: E. Privat, 1911, p. 33-35
- Mesplé, Paul, "Fonts baptismaux commingeois du XIVe siècle", 83, 2-3, Revue de Comminges (Pyrénées Centrales), 1970, pp. 133-140; p. 133, 134-135 and fig. 4
- Miquel, Caroline, "Monuments et mobilier de la période mediévale du canton de Rieumes (Haute-Garonne)", 1997, 12, Archéo en Saves, 1997, pp. 33-65; p. 54