Valance-sur-Baise / Valance-sur-Baïse
Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2009 by Janice Tostevin
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 May 2009 by Janice Tostevin
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Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Janice Tostevin, 2009
Image Source: greyscale detail of a digital photograph taken 7 May 2009 by Janice Tostevin
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INFORMATION
FontID: 14758VAL
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located on the D142, 10 km S of Condom, 31 km NNW of Auch
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 19th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Janice Tostevin for her photographs of these objects
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an object used now [May 2009] as a planter in the church that may possibly be have been a former (?) baptismal font of a late period; it consists of a shallow hemispherical basin with a pronounced lip at the upper rim, otherwise plain, raised on a baluster-shaped stem, a round-to-square llower base; the whole is made of veined reddish marble. It is of a design found in French fonts from the 16th century, but also in gardens all over the country. There is one other object in grey marble (?) that appears to have some building motif on its sides; also used as a planter inside the church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (red)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round