Montpezat-de-Quercy No. 3

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05064MON

Church/Chapel: Eglise collégiale Saint-Martin

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: 82270 Montpezat-de-Quercy

Country Name: France

Location: Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located off the D20-D38 crossroads, 27 km S of Cahors, 30 km NNE of Montauban

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Montauban

Historical Region: le Quercy caussadais, Midi-Pyrénées

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave, S side

Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic

Cognate Fonts: Another such on the north side

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: the second of two plain 14th-century (?) holy-water stoups located at the west end of the church; the shallow round basin is plain; the base is round-to-square, with a broad roll moulding atop. This one is monolithic. Both these stoups are included in a single Palissy listing [ref.: PM82000178] with date in the 14th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.2366, 1.47931

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 14′ 11.76″ N, 1° 28′ 45.52″ E

UTM: 31T 378565 4899276

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 5-6 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 61 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm

Basin Depth: 20 cm

Basin Total Height: 64 cm

Height of Base: 40 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 104 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site