Sare
Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Josu Fernández Villaverde, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Josu Fernández Villaverde
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 4 March 2015)
view of church exterior - portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © inakiii, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2006 by Inakiii [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sareeglise2.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated / CC-BY-SA-2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior - west tower - detail
![the inscription by the tower clock reads: "Oren guziek dute gizona kolpatzen azkenekoak du hobirat egortzen" [a Basque rendering of the Latin motto: "Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat"]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1150307052_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the inscription by the tower clock reads: "Oren guziek dute gizona kolpatzen azkenekoak du hobirat egortzen" [a Basque rendering of the Latin motto: "Omnes vulnerant, ultima necat"]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harrieta171, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 November 2007 by Harrieta171 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sare_Horloge.JPG] [accessed 7 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 April 2009 by Peter Potrowl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sare_-_Église_Saint-Martin_-_1.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Harrieta171, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 January 2015 by Harrieta171 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sare_4.JPG] [accessed 7 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: with the multi-storey gallery characteristic of the Basque churches of this area
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Matthieu Gauvain, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 August 2011 by Matthieu Gauvain [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint-Martin_de_Sare,_intérieur.JPG] [accessed 7 March 2015]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19748SAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1142?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church originally 12thC [ca.1142?], re-built ca. 1640. Listed in Mérimée [référence PA00084520]
Church Address: 64310 Sare, France -- Tel.: +33 5 59 54 20 14
Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne, Lescar at Oloron
Historical Region: Pays Basque
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the mid-12thC? church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern; it consists of a round moulded basin raised on an octagonal pedestal base; on the side of the basin are a row of rosettes on a reddish painted background. Metal low-dome cover with fish finial. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original mid-12th century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Josu Fernández Villaverde, of Beasain, Spain, for his photograph of the modern font of this church
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.31303, -1.580621
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 18′ 46.91″ N, 1° 34′ 50.24″ W