Fichous-Rimayou

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view of basin

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view of stoup

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph by Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2006 [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

INFORMATION

FontID: 12212FIC
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Girons
Church Patron Saints: St. Girons
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located on the D-279, in the canton de Arzacq-Arraziguet, 25 km NNW of Pau
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the choir stairs
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup consisting of a conical or bucket-shaped basin with a flat moulding at the upper rim, raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base. Probably medieval. [We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photograph of this stoup]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round