Conques

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

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]

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

Font ID: 14231CON

Object Type: Baptismal Font2?

Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval

Church / Chapel Name: Abbaye de Sainte-Foy de Conques

Font Location in Church: In the former site of the S cloister

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Faith [aka Faith of Conques, Foy]

Church Notes: 11th-12thC Premonstratensian abbey

Church Address: Prieuré Ste Foy de Conques, 12320 Conques-en-Rouergue, France -- Tel.: +33 5 65 69 89 43

Site Location: Aveyron, Occitanie, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the D42, about 30 km E of Figeac

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rodez

Font Notes: Click to view

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]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Holly Hayes, of Sacred Destinations [www.sacred-destinations.com], for her photograph of this object

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 452184 4938601

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.599167, 2.3975

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 35′ 57″ N, 2° 23′ 51″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round