Mascaraas No. 2 / Mascaraàs / Mascaraàs-Haron / Mascaras / Masquaraas / Masqueraas
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18890MAS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste à Mascaraàs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00026340]: "Nef 16e siècle (?). Porte d'entrée datée 1780. Bas-côté construit en prolongeant une chapelle (ou sacristie) après 1819"
Church Address: 64330 Mascaraàs-Haron, France
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D104, about 5 km ESE of Garlin, about 18 km S of Aire-sur-l'Adour
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax
Historical Region: Béarn
Font Notes:
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Stone holy-water stoup consisting of an oval basin raised on a pedestal base ; in the basin a double column with an Ionic capital. Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM64001764]: "bénitier [...] pierre : taillé [...] de milieu ; plan (ovale) ; pied [...] Au milieu de la vasque, colonne à 2 tambours, chapiteau ionique [...] ornementation (godrons) [...] Manque la polychromie [...] 2e moitié 17e siècle (?)".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 724397 4824654
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM64001764]