Eauze / Elusa
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2005 by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2005 by Janice Tostevin
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14446EAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Saint-Luperc d'Eauze
Font Location in Church: Inside, in a NE chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Luperculus [aka Loubert, Luperc, Lupercio, Lupercius, Lupercus]
Previous Font Location(s): originally from Rhône-Alpes, 07, Beaulieu, église de Pléoux
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094791]: "La construction de l'église débute en 1464 [...] et s'achève vers 1500".
Church Address: 1-3 Pl. d'Armagnac, 32800 Eauze, France -- Tel.: +33 5 62 09 85 62
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D43, D621 and D931 confluence, 146 km SE of Bordeaux, in the Armagnac region; the cathedral is located on Pl. d'Armagnac
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées / Armagnac
Additional Comments: moved font (originally from another dept.) [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Brrel-shaped baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM32000637]: "Fonts baptismaux (cuve baptismale) [...] Taille de pierre [...] H = 59 ; d = 65 [...] Cuve anciennement datée du Moyen Age, aujourd'hui sans datation [...] Lieu de provenance : Rhône-Alpes, 07, Beaulieu, église de Pléoux". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP32W00850].
There is also a modern font of octagonal shape with profuse decoration al over; Matching octagonal pyramiral font cover.
There is also a modern font of octagonal shape with profuse decoration al over; Matching octagonal pyramiral font cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for the photographs of church and modern font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 266996 4860511
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.860904, 0.100586
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 51′ 39.25″ N, 0° 6′ 2.11″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: barrel-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 65 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [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, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.