Tasque No. 1 / Burgo Tascqua
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Results: 4 records
design element - patterns - diamond or lozenge
Scene Description: all around the basin sides and the plinth
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Image Source: photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
symbol - cross - Latin
Scene Description: finial
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Image Source: photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 19th-century font
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font in its enclosure
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Image Source: photograph taken 6 July 2001 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 05120TAS
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 32160 Tasque, Gers
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located about 15 km SE of Aire (Le Mas); follow the N35 E to the D8 (dir. Marciac)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, left of the entrance
Date: 1881
Century and Period: 19th century, Modern
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094937]: "Eglise édifiée à partir des restes d'une abbaye bénédictine dont les archives révèlent peu de renseignements. Dévastée vers 1260 et reconstruite aux alentours de 1290, elle fut pillée durant les guerres de religion et saccagée pendant la Révolution. L'église actuelle présente une nef de belle proportion, terminée par un tympan roman. Le chevet a été aménagé aux 17e et 19e siècles. La partie occidentale est ornée d'un très beau tympan : Christ dominant les quatre symboles des Evangélistes et encadré de personnages nimbés le soutenant. Le clocher carré date de 1745."
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
On-site notes: no trace of the original font of this church. Today's baptismal font is a white-marble vase that could adorn a decent garden; the basin sides and those of the plinth are ornamented with diamond pattern. It is covered with a dome lid resembling a First World War helmet topped with a Latin cross finial and is garded behind a metal railing. This font, a gift of the family of Baptiste Savathé, is dated 1881.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.639398,
0.020726
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 38′ 21.83″ N,
0° 1′ 14.62″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: The inscription related to the font is on a wall plaque behind the font
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1881?
Material:
metal,
copper
Notes: [cf. Font notes]