Sauveterre nr. Sombez / Sauvatèrra / Sauveterre du Savès
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view of basin
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Image Source: B&W photograph in Mémoire [ref.: AP32W00572] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1919/sap83_32w00572_p.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2016]
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - pointed arches - crocketed and pinnacled arches - trefoiled intrados - columns with capitals and bases
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Image Source: B&W photograph in Mémoire [ref.: AP32W00572] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1919/sap83_32w00572_p.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2016]
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design element - motifs - floral - 8-petal
Scene Description: in all the spandrels of the arcade
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cleric - monk - holding book - wearing hood
Scene Description: one in each of the arches of the arcade
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alain5231, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2007 (?) by Alain5231 [www.40000clochers.com/Photos/800/42906.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20422SAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de Saint-Amat
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Amat
Church Address: 32220 Sauveterre, France
Site Location: Gers, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Le Savès, not far from Lombez and Samatan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Auch
Historical Region: Le Savès
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM32000383]: "font baptismaux [...] Forme cylindrique. Cuvette en plomb sur un pied en calcaire du pays. [...] 14e siècle (?) [...] Ces fonts baptismaux s'apparentent à ceux de Lombez et de Pébées et leur origine est sans doute toulousaine." The cylindrical basin is decorated with an arcade of pointed arches with trefoiled intrados, the arch heads crocketed and pinnacled, the supporing columns with capitals and bases; 8-petal floral motifs in the spandrels of the arcade; inside an arch a hooded monk holding a book (?); on a local stone pedestal base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 326716 4813850
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 27' 23.13" N, 0° 51' 26.41" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, lead
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 72 cm*
Basin Depth: 30 cm*
Basin Total Height: 31.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM32000383]
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.