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B01: angel - cherub

UB01: oat of arms or emblem - Cardinal de Sourdis

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of stoup

INFORMATION

FontID: 17613BOR
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-André
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: France
Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bordeaux
Historical Region: Aquitaine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N transept
Century and Period: 17th century(early?),
Noted in Palissy [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 22 August 2011] [référence PM33000114], as a marble holy-water stoup of the first quarter of the 17th century, decorated with the emblem of Cardinal de Sourdis. On-si\te notes: the object consists of a round shallow basin decorated with a cherub head on the font, under the upper rim, the underbowl decorated with a striated pattern resembling ribs; raised on a baluster-type stem decorated with a coat of arms on the bulbous section [cf. supra]; the lower base is round-to-square; the tiny plinth is also square. The whole is made in a beige veined marble, and is located by the north entranceway leading from the transept.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.83778, -0.57778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 50′ 16.01″ N, 0° 34′ 40.01″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining