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Results: 6 records

B01: human figure - male - head - bearded

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

B02: animal - reptile - snake

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

B03: design element - motifs - varied

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: church exterior of the church of St-Foy, Morlaàs

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paroisse Ste Foy en Béarn-Morlaàs, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph in [www.paroisse-morlaas.org/crbst_43.html] [accessed 4 May 2012]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Eglise Saint Jean Baptiste, Abère

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 May 2011 by France64160 [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Eglise_d'Abère.JPG] [accessed 1 August 2017]

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view of font

Scene Description: the baptismal font now at Abère, said to be originally from the church of Ste-Foy, in nearby Morlaàs

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Office de Tourisme du Pays de Morlaàs, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph in Office de Tourisme du Pays de Morlaàs [www.paysdemorlaas-tourisme.fr] [accessed 4 May 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18028ABE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 64160 Abère, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D7, 10 km NE of Morlaàs (canton), 17 km ENE of Pau (arrondissement) [NB: not to be mistaken with the village of Abère-Corbères/Corbère-Abères located farther to the NE, NE of Lembeye, in the Vic-Bilh region]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron
Historical Region: Pays de Morlaàs, Aquitaine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00027104]: "Fondation romane au 11e ou 12e siècle ; agrandie en 1884"
Inventoried in Palissy [ref.: IM64000443]: " [...] grès [..] Evacuation centrale [...] h = 80 ; d = 108 (dimensions totales) ; cuve : pr intérieure = 42 ; bord : la = 18 [...] figure (tête : homme, barbe) ; représentation animalière (serpent) ; ornementation (billette, coquille, tête) [...] Couvercle et grille disparus ; visages bûchés [...] Ces fonts baptismaux, du 12e siècle (?), pourraient provenir de l'église Sainte-foi de Morlaas". The web site of the Parish [www.paroisse-morlaas.org/crbst_4.html] [accessed 4 May 2012] notes: "Les fonts baptismaux (bas-côté sud), d'une hauteur de 80 cm, sont en grès, avec décor sculpté en relief, et paraissent provenir de l'église Sainte-Foy de Morlaàs." Baptismal of the well-head type, cylindrical and unmounted, with a broad moulding at the upper rim, a thinner one around the middle; raised directly on a circular plinth. This baptismal font now at Abère is said to be originally from the church of Ste-Foy, in nearby Morlaàs [cf. Index entry for Morlaas for the church and modern font in it]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.390947, 0.174792
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 23′ 27.41″ N, 0° 10′ 29.25″ W
UTM: 30T 728818 4808107

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 18 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 72 cm [calculated]
Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm*
Basin Depth: 42 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM64000443]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: Palissy [ref.: IM64000443] reports it lost: "Couvercle et grille disparus"