Saint-Avit-Frandat / Sent Avit e Frandat
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coat of arms - Bishop of Lectoure?
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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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
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]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 20420AVI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Avit
Church Patron Saints: St. Avit [aka Avitus, Sextus Alcimus Ecditius Avitus]
Church Location: 32700 Saint-Avit-Frandat, France
Country Name: France
Location: Gers, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located NE of Lectoure
Historical Region: La Lomagne gersoise, Gascogne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1324?
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.977509, 0.652305
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 58′ 39.03″ N, 0° 39′ 8.3″ E
UTM: 31T 311703 4872054
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]