Montaner / Montanèr / Montanerium / Montanerius / Saint-Michel de Montaner

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view of church exterior

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19123MON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: 64460 Montaner, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located 25 km from Pau

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tarbes

Historical Region: Le Montanérès -- Béarn

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic

Church Notes: original church here late-11thC, probably built under Gaston IV de Béarn and his Aragonese wife, Talèse d'Aragon; 15th-16thC frescoes -- Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084452] with date in the 16thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Crude polygonal basin now partly built into the wall; on a polygonal pedestal base. Plain modern wooden cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.347589, -0.009699

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 20′ 51.32″ N, 0° 0′ 34.91″ W

UTM: 30T 742363 4803759

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: round, flat and plain; modern