Madiran No. 1
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 August 2011)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2011 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 29 August 2011)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17643MAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Marie de Madiran [aka Notre Dame de l’Assomption]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [The Assomption of St. Mary?]
Church Address: 65700 Madiran, France
Site Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D48, about 25 km SE of Aire-sur-Adour, 45-50 km NNE of Pau
Historical Region: Gascogne
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the original one of this church)
Font Notes:
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According to the database Mérimée [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/merimee_fr?] [accessed 3 September 2011] [réf.: PA00095395] the church itself dates from 1030 and was expanded in 1080. The font, however, appears to be of a later date, perhaps late-medieval; it consists of a round basin with plain vertical sides and a long underbowl, also plain; raised on a plain cylindrical stem, and a quadrangular moulded lower base. There is some damage around the upper rim, and no cover hardware visible.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 259452 4801827
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]