Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq / Saint Jean de Marsacq / St-Jean-de-Marsacq

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Scene Description: local information on the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by BSI

information

Image Source: field notes taken 5 July 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior - north portal

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view of church exterior - north view

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view of church exterior - northwest end

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view of church interior - floor - tile

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - painting

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view of church interior - west end

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view of font

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 July 2011 by BSI

view of stoup

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view of stoup

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17503MAR

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Country Name: France

Location: Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located half way between Dax and Bayonne

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax

Historical Region: Aquitaine

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?

Church Notes: the portal of this church bears the date 1542

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The church is listed in the database Mérimée [www.culture.gouv.fr] [réf.: IA40000806], with the choir and naveprobably of the 15th or 16th century, likely contemporary with the portal, which is dated 1542. The Palissy database [www.culture.gouv.fr] notes the holy-water stoup located inside, by the entrance [réf.:IM40000527], an oval basin raised on a rounded baluster-shaped base and a square lower base, with date in the 18th century. A baptismal font is included in the Palissy entry for the furnishings of this church [Réf. Palissy IM40000544], but there is no mention of its date. On-ste notes: the present font consists of a rounded basin with a pronounced moulding towards the upper end, raised on a fluted pedestal base and a moulded lower base; modern. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 640552 4831943

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (includes rim): 62 cm [62.5 cm*]

Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm [111 cm*]

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [measurements of the 18thC stoup] -- *[Palissy [réf.:IM40000527]]