Conques
Image copyright © Holly Hayes, 2009
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Holly Hayes, 2009
Image Source: altered version of a digital photograph taken 7 July 2008 by Holly Hayes [www.sacred-destinations.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Holly Hayes, 2009
Image Source: detail of an altered version of a digital photograph taken 7 July 2008 by Holly Hayes [www.sacred-destinations.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
FontID: 14231CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font2?
Church/Chapel: Abbaye de Sainte-Foy
Church Patron Saints: St. Faith [aka Faith of Conques, Foy]
Country Name: France
Location: Aveyron, Occitanie
Font Location in Church: In the former site of the S cloister
Century and Period: Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Holly Hayes, of Sacred Destinations [www.sacred-destinations.com], for her photograph of this object
Font Notes:
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A very large piscina-like above the ground tank located in the esplanade of the south cloister; it is circular, with columns with capitals and bases all around; the upper rim is decorated [heads?] [NB: we have no information at present on whether or not this was ever used for baptisms; it may have been simply the fountain of the cloister]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round