Saint-Martory / Sent Martòri

Noted and illustrated in Ruprich-Robert (1855) as an example of southern architecture [="un example d'architecture méridionale"], a composite of a former baptismal font basin made of grey granite, raised on a green marble pedestal that is probably earlier than the former, resembling a piece of an antique column. [NB: the details of this stoup and church are the subject of a publication by the Musée d'Orsay, Paris: 'Victor Ruprich-Robert: Saint-Martory, détails de l'église, portail, élévation et plan au sol, bénitier, chapiteaux en 1842 aquarelle, plume et encre H. 0.408 ; L. 0.252 musée d'Orsay, Paris, France' [www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/collections/catalogue-des-oeuvres/] [accessed 5 March 2013]]. The basin is octagonal, with a double band of triangular motifs all around and a moulding below, the underbowl rounded. The base appears to have been replaced after R-R's description, as the basin now stands on an octagonal-to-square stone pedestal base, the lower base square. There is flat octagonal and plain wooden cover on it. The object appears to be used as a font again. The entry in the database Palissy [ref.: PM31000668] [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 5 March 2013] describes it as a holy-water stoup [="bénitier"], made of white marble and dating from the 12th century