Fourques / Furquas
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia
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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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view of font in context
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19106FOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sixte et Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours & St. Sixtus
Church Location: 30300 Fourques, France
Country Name: France
Location: Gard, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the A9/E15, Nîmes to Montpellier, across from Arles
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nîmes [formerly Diocèse d’Arles]
Historical Region: Beaucaire-Terre d'Argence
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Date: 1618
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Church Notes: church irig. 15thC but damaged in the Wars of Religion; restored 16thC; other changes in 18th and 19thC
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a large round basin decorated with a torus-scotia combination at the upper rim and a pattern of pronounced ribs or gadroons all around; on a short round base. The font is partly built into the wall, with a background of columns, architrave, frieze, etc. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM30000142]: "fonts baptismaux cuve baptismale à godrons [...] 1618"
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 629832 4839137
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round