Samsons-Lion No. 1 / Sansons-Aulhon / Sansoûs-Lou Lhoû
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Standing permission
Results: 8 records
LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
![[cf. Font notes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1090422002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2011 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2011 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2011 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 June 2011 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
view of font and cover in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 April 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 14498LIO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2011-06-22
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Barthélémy à Samsons-Lion
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00026662]: "12e siècle (?)"
Church Address: 64350 Samsons-Lion, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D943, 2 km S of Lembeye, 34 km NE of Pau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax
Historical Region: Aquitaine / Béarn
Additional Comments: Church locked at the time of our visit (22 June 2011); only keyholder away on travel; unable to access
Font Notes:
Click to view
The baptismal font and the holy-water stoup listed in Palissy [ref.: IM64002564 and IM64002565] are modern: "Fonts baptismaux 2e moitié 19e siècle formant ensemble avec le bénitier". On-site notes: baptismal font consisting of a round basin made of two cylindrical volumes, the upper half slightly wider and marked by a moulding all around; raised on a short round pedestal base, also with a moulding around it the font is partly built into the north (?) wall of the nave. The wooden cover is flat and round, hinged for opening about 2/3 off; it has a lock (modern?) at the front to secure it to the front side of the basin; the basin appears damaged at several spots around the upper rim. [NB: Mérimée entry for this church [réf.: IA00026662] dates oldest fabric of the church to the 12th century]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to www.art-roman.net, and to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photographs font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 733168 4813155
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm*
Basin Total Height: 65 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [réf.: IM64002580]]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- 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.
- 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.