Saint-Avit-Frandat / Sent Avit e Frandat
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bastien.pierre, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2015 by Bastien.pierre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:007_St_Avit-Frandat_(_32700_).jpg] [accessed 12 March 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bastien.pierre, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2015 by Bastien.pierre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:004_St_Avit-Frandat_(_32700_).jpg] [accessed 12 March 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20420AVI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1324?
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Avit à Saint-Avit-Frandat
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Avit [aka Avitus, Sextus Alcimus Ecditius Avitus]
Church Address: 32700 Saint-Avit-Frandat, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D248, about 10 km NNE of Lectoure, 45-50 km N of Auch
Historical Region: La Lomagne gersoise, Gascogne
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM32000345]: " fonts baptismaux [...] calcaire [...] cuve hexagonale [...] Armoiries : écussons à deux besants. Date (lecture incertaine) : 1324? [...] On retrouve les besants sur la porte du village voisin de Sainte-Mère, dont le château appartenait aux évêques de Lectoure. Or, Béguier de Margnaut (?), évêque de Lectoure, dans la seconde moitié du 14e siècle, avait des besants dans ses armes. La cuve baptismale relevant de l'évêque, il ne serait pas étonnant qu'on y eut gravé les armes de cet évêque."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 311703 4872054
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.977509, 0.652305
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 58′ 39.03″ N, 0° 39′ 8.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: [1324?]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.