Morlaas / Morlaàs / Morlàas / Morlans / Morlanum / Morlars / Morlens
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Havang (nl), 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2010 by Havang (nl) [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Morla%C3%A0s_%28Pyr-Atl,_Fr%29_%C3%89glise_Ste-Foy,_statue_du_porche.JPG] [accessed 18 June 2012]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Szeder László, 2007
Image Source: edited version of a digital photograph taken 5 August 2007 by Szeder László [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:FR-64-Morlaas2.JPG] [accessed 18 June 2012]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Florent Pécassou, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 November 2007 by Florent Pécassou [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:%C3%89glise_Sainte-Foy_de_Morla%C3%A0s_%2864%29.JPG] [accesed 18 June 2012]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 April 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 April 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 April 2012 by Mikel Unanue for BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18069MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Foy de Morlaàs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Faith [aka Faith of Conques, Foy]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084454]: "Après la répudiation de sa femme Gilsa, trop proche parente, Centulle V fait bâtir l'église vers 1080 en guise d'expiation."
Church Address: 11 Pl. Sainte-Foy, 64160 Morlaàs, France -- Tel.: +33 5 47 92 14 66
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D30-D923 crossroads, N of the A64, 12 km NE of Pau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Oloron et Lescar
Historical Region: Béarn
Additional Comments: moved font: (original font moved to Abere?)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of broad round shallow basin raised on a central cluster of columns and five (?) outer colonnettes decorated with capitals and bases. The metal font cover is round, flat and plain. [cf. Index entry for Abere for the possible medieval font originally from Morlaas St. Foy]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.344444, -0.263056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 20′ 40″ N, 0° 15′ 47″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]