Trois-Villes / Iruri / Tres-Bielles / Troisvilles
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18893TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jeab Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 64470 Tois-Villes, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located on the D918, N of Tardets-Sorholus, WSW of Oloron-Sainte-Marie
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar at Oloron
Historical Region: Soule, Pays Basque -- Béarn
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Church Notes: the present fabric of the church is 18thC, but this building replaces an earlier one on the same site
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a roughly oval basin with plain tapering sides, raised on a quadrangular pedestal base with chamfered angles. The wooden cover is an irregular octagonal pyramid on an oval platform at the bottom, trefoiled cross finial; modern. Noted and illustrated in Visites Aquitaine [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/fonts-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-saint-jean-baptiste-11516]: "fonts baptismaux massifs et très sobres. Ils sont constitués d’un pied carré et d’une simple cuve circulaire. En marbre, ils sont de facture robuste, mais modeste et ne possèdent aucun élément ornemental [...] sont désormais fermés par un couvercle polygonal en bois surmonté d’une croix".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 672782 4777908
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]