Vals

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Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - apse

Scene Description: showing some of the 12thC freascoes uncovered in the 1950s; abobe the window can be seen the Madonna's head

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: above the apse window

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: in the apse, above the altar, on the south wall: Baptism/Eucharist?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: in the apse, above the altar, on the south wall: Baptism/Eucharist?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - apse - painting - detail

Scene Description: in the apse, above the altar, on the south wall: Baptism/Eucharist?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church interior - chancel - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel arch and east end

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail

Scene Description: Christ in Majesty

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail

Scene Description: towards the west end: Christ in Majesty

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling - painting - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - north wall - paintin - detail

Scene Description: Annunciation?

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresques de Vals (Ariège) datant du début du XIIe siècle. Les Apôtres saint Philippe et saint Barthélémy."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2008 by BastienM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresques_de_Vals-Saint_Philippe_et_Saint_Barthélémy.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2018]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresques de l'église de Vals (Ariège - début du XIIe siècle). Saint Marc (présence du Lion) et Saint Jean (présence de l'Aigle)."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2008 by BastienM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresques_de_Vals-Saint_Marc_et_Saint_Jean.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2018]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresques de Vals (Ariège - début du XIIe siècle). Saint André et Saint Pierre."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2008 by BastienM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresques_de_Vals-Saint_André_et_Saint_Pierre.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2018]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Sourca caption: "église de Vals (Ariège, France) - Fresque romane (XIIe siècle) représentant le christ en majesté, ainsi que 4 archanges avocats. Présence de l'Ange de Saint-Matthieu et le Taureau de Saint-Luc. Fresques Restaurées en 2008."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2008 by BastienM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresque_de_Vals-christ_et_archanges_avocats.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2018]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church interior - painting - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fresque représentant la nativité et le bain de Jésus. En haut : deux anges. Au milieu, la Vierge après l'accouchement. En bas : le bain de l'Enfant."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 April 2008 by BastienM [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fresque_de_Vals-Nativité_de_Jésus.jpg] [accessed 10 May 2018]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church interior - stairs

Scene Description: from the outer entrance into the church proper

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - stairs

Scene Description: from the outer entrance into the church proper

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph ca. 2021 by Merce Rota Serra

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 31 August 2021)

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: located on the wall of the descending stairwell from the outer entrance doqn into the church proper

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05157VAL

Church/Chapel: Eglise [semi-rupestre] Notre-Dame de Vals

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 09500 Vals-les-Bains, France

Country Name: France

Location: Ariège, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D40, 10-12 km ESE of Pamiers

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Pamiers, Couserans et Mirepoix

Historical Region: Haute-Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a W chapel

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

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Merce Rota Serra for her photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: underground part of the church probably 10thC; church documented 1104; modified 14th, 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093933] -- remarkable early-12thC frescoes discovered inside this church in 1952

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: a plain hemispheric basin now concreted onto a rubble base; it is now covered with a plain wooden lid; the rim has damage at opposite ends, probably caused by the old iron staples; the centre drain hole is now sealed. There is another stoup, wall-mounted on the left wall of the stairwell leading up to the church.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.0969, 1.7614

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 5′ 48.84″ N, 1° 45′ 41.04″ E

UTM: 31T 399202 4772320

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: The drain hole is now sealed

Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 62-64 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 79-81 cm*

Basin Depth: 32 cm*

Basin Total Height: 40 cm*

Height of Base: 44 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: the basin is probably taller and sinks into the rubble pile]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]