Mas d'Auvignon / Lo Mas

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - spur

Scene Description: four?
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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view of basin - interior

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: located in the southwest area of the church
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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19277MAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 32700 Mas d'Auvignon, Gers, France
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located at 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 Location in Church: Inside the church, in a SW chapel, by the S doorway
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com] for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: original church here 12th-13thC (?)
Font Notes:
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 299511 4862873

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FntNotes]