Gestas / Gestaas / Gestars / Gestazium / Giestaas / Giestaars / Jeztaze / Sanctus Joannes de Gestas
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2010 by Peter Potrowl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gestas_-_église.jpg] [accessed 29 October 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-3.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2003
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2003 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail 30/4/2003)
INFORMATION
FontID: 08186GES
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Church Location: 64190 Gestas, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D23, SE of Sauveterre-de-Bearn, SSW of Orthez
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse d'Oloron]
Historical Region: Aquitaine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the side
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for the photograph and for bringing this font to our attention
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Baptismal font or holy-water stoup probably of the medieval period now used as ornament and flower-vase inside the church. Although it could well have been a stoup to judge by its size, the protrusion on one side and the round indentation all around the rim indicate that it was -or meant to be- fitted with a lid. The basin is hemispherical, but the upper sides are vertical and plain; the plain cylindrical pedestal appears to be made of two blocks.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. Font notes]