Lahitte / La Hita
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Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 April 2006)
Results: 6 records
animal - mammal - head - 2
Scene Description: monkeys?
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inscription
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design element - motifs - foliage
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design element - motifs - interlace
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Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 April 2006)
design element - motifs - ball
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Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 April 2006)
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 24 April 2006)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11728LAH
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-André de Lahitte
Font Location in Church: Inside, by the entrance, right side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094820]: "13e siècle (?)"
Church Address: 32810 Lahitte, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D509, 7 km E of Auch
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Pays d'Auch -- Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: composite stoup / re-purposed column now a stoup
Font Notes:
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The pedestal base of a composite holy-water stoup is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM32000534]: "Colonne et chapiteau formant le pied d'un bénitier [...] Calcaire [...] Colonne octogonale et chapiteau tailloir roman réutilisés pour former un pied de bénitier (élément composite) [...] 1ère moitié 12e siècle [...] H = 43 ; la = 15 ; pr = 34 [...] Inscription concernant l'auteur (latin) : WIL.. (?) ME FECIT [Guillaume m'a fait]. [...] Entrée, à droite [...] Très rare signature d'un sculpteur roman (cf. Corpus des inscriptions médiévale). Les éléments peuvent provenir de l'abbaye de Saint-Orens, 1705." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP32W00293 and AP32W00294]. Holy-water stoup consisting of a modern basin raised on a square column; on the abacus of the capital or upper piece of the column, above the foliage and monkey (?) heads, is a painted inscription [cf. supra]; the column itself is decorated with intricate vegetal and interlace patterns; the base, also square, has ball motifs on the top and is plain on the sides.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 312684 4836572
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.658552, 0.676947
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 39′ 30.79″ N, 0° 40′ 37.01″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: quadrangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular
Height of Base: 43 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 15 x 34 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the abacus of the capital
Inscription Text: "WIL.. (?) ME FECIT"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.