Monein / Monenh

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

Scene Description: a broad one, all around

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean Michel Etchecolonea, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 March 2012 by Jean Michel Etchecolonea [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gleisa_monenh2.jpg] [accessed 1 December 2013]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean Michel Etchecolonea, 2007

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view of church interior - ceiling

Scene Description: the oak carpentry structure supporting the roof

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Myrabella, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2010 by Myrabella [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charpente_eglise_Saint-Girons_Monein.jpg] [accessed 1 December 2013]

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18842MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Girons [aka Glèisa de Sent Gironç]
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located on the D366, SE of Lahourcade, N of Estialescq and Lasseube, in the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, WNW of Pau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar et Oloron
Historical Region: Béarn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084450]: "La construction de l'église semble remonter au début du 15e siècle. La petite chapelle qui s'ouvre sur la face nord daterait du début du 16e siècle, ainsi que le portail d'entrée." Visites Aquitaine notes: "La construction de l’église Saint-Girons a nécessité soixante-dix années de chantier, de 1464 à 1534 [...] l’église Saint-Girons de Monein est aussi la plus grande église du Béarn."
Baptismal font consisting of a hemispherical basin with a broad flat moulding all around below the upper rim, raised on a short round pedestal base; the outer surface of the basin is painted; the base may be a replacement. As noted in the source below, a font much too plain for what is effectively the largest Gothic church in the Béarn. Noted and illustrated in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/fonts-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-de-monein] [accessed 1 December 2013]: "fonts baptismaux paraissent bien simples. Posée sur un très court fût cylindrique, la vasque hémisphérique est en pierre taillée et creusée, avec pour décor un simple ressaut dans sa partie supérieure, et une peinture décorative sur la face externe."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.32, -0.579444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 19′ 12″ N, 0° 34′ 46″ W
UTM: 30T 696272 4799197

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining