Limoux No. 3 / Limós
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view of font in context - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux en marbre rouge du 17e siècle."
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Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2020 by Tylwyth Eldar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint-Martin_à_Limoux_-_Fonts_baptismaux.jpg] [accessed 21 May 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19111LIM
Church/Chapel: Chapelle de l'hôpital général de Limoux / Chapelle de l'hospice
Church Location: rue de l'Hospice, 11300 Limoux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aude, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located 30 km S of Carcasonne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Carcassonne et Narbonne [formerly Diocèse de Limoux]
Historical Region: Le Razès -- Le Limouxin / Languedoc-Roussillon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Date: ca. 1682?
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: general hospital here founded in 1682
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM11000216] as the 17th-century stone baptismal font in the Hospice of Limoux. The large basin is roughly hemispherical, decorated with a torus-scotia combination below the upper rim, and a gadrooned pattern all around; on a square round base. No cover present. [NB: the font may now [2020] be in Saint-Martin]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 436418 4767529
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round