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view of church exterior - southwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14558ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 64350 Arrosès, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the D219 and D292, NNE of Pau, 5 km W of Madiran, between La Bigorre and Armagnac
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [lower base only] -- 17th century?) [basin only] [composite font], Medieval / composite
Church Notes: church here 12thC; listed Mérimée [ref.: IA00026445]: "Edifice 3e quart 12e siècle. Fortifications pendant les guerres de Religion, 2e moitié 16e siècle. Chapelle nord 16e siècle (?) , des seigneurs de Sauveméa. Restaurations vers 1855."
Font Notes:
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Composite font of sandstone listed in Palissy [ref.: IM64002117]: " fonts baptismaux [ grès] (circulaire) [...] Grès enduit d'un badigeon ; trou d'évacuation central ; socle formé par un chapiteau roman renversé [...] Manque le couvercle [...] siècle 12e siècle ; 17e siècle". The lower base is an upturned Romanesque capital of the 12th century, while the basin is 17th-century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 733458 4825085
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Diameter (includes rim): 91 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM64002117]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: reported missing [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Lübke, Wilhelm, Ecclesiastical in Gemany during the Middle Ages [tranl. by L. A. Wheatley], London: Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1870