Escalans No. 1 / Scalens

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 September 2014 by Angelique de Lary [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_d'Escalans.JPG] [accessed 16 July 2018]

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 August 2011 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17622ESC

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean Baptiste

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: D35, 40310 Escalans, France

Country Name: France

Location: Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D35, in the canton, and 3 km SSE of Gabarret, arrondissement Mont-de-Marsan

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax

Historical Region: Landes d'Armagnac, Aquitaine

Font Location in Church: inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century,

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photograph of this font

Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00083944] with dates " 12e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 17e siècle"

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Palissy database [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 26 August 2011] [réf.: IM40003296]: baptismal font made of limestone, consisting of a plain tapering octagonal basin raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal base; the upper side of tha basin has a metal reinforcement band all around; the inner well has a central drain hole; the outer sides are very rough and the upper rim is damaged, showing evidence of the cover anchoring hardware. [NB: Palissy (ibid.) notes that the original church here may have existed by 1088, but we have no information on the earlier font of that church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.978333, 0.041667

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 58′ 42″ N, 0° 2′ 30″ E

UTM: 31T 262728 4873722

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy database [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 26 August 2011]]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]