Mas d'Auvignon / Lo Mas
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view of font and cover
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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design element - motifs - moulding
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: located in the southwest area of the church
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design element - motifs - spur
Scene Description: four?
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19277MAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin à Mas-d'Auvignon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a SW chapel, by the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: original church here 12th-13thC (?)
Church Address: 32700 Mas d'Auvignon, Gers, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D42-D204 crossroads, between Terraube and Saint-Puy, 4 km from each, in the canton of Lectoure, 12 km from Condom
Historical Region: Gascony
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a taperin basin that is oval inside and out, the outer surface decorated with a torus-scotia at the upper end, a pattern of ribs below, and another moulding at the bottom; the basin is unlined and has a central drain hole; the upper rim has a metal staple for the cover lock; the basin is raised on a polygonal-to-square pedestal base. Plain wooden cover hinged at the back; modern.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 299511 4862873
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FntNotes]