Gestas / Gestaas / Gestars / Gestazium / Giestaas / Giestaars / Jeztaze / Sanctus Joannes de Gestas
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2003
Image and permission received (e-mail 30/4/2003)
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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)
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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08186GES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the side
Church Address: 64190 Gestas, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D23, SE of Sauveterre-de-Bearn, SSW of Orthez
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Oloron
Historical Region: Aquitaine
Font Notes:
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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.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for the photograph and for bringing this font to our attention
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]