Fichous-Riumayou / Hichous-Riumayou / Hishós-Rimajor
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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
Font ID: 12212FIC
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Girons de Fichous-Riumayou
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the choir stairs
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Girons
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA64000016]: "Eglise romane du 12e siècle, remaniée au 15e siècle et au 19e siècle"
Church Address: Chem. de l'Église, 64410 Fichous-Riumayou, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D-279, in the canton de Arzacq-Arraziguet, 26 km NNW of Pau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne
Historical Region: Marches de Béarn
Additional Comments: disppeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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. The baptismal font in this church is illustrated in https://www.lebrelblanco.com/old/anexos/atlasBE-Fichous-Marches.htm [accessed 29 June 2025]: a roughly-hemispherical basin decorated with ribbed pattern around the underbowl, raised on a round baluster pedestal stem and a square lower base; could be 17th-18th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photograph of this stoup
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 706328 4817841
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.48503, -0.44851
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 29′ 6.11″ N, 0° 26′ 54.64″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round