Arroses No. 2 / Aroses / Arosses / Arozee / Arozer / Aroosees / Arrosès / Arrouzès / Rosees / Rosés / Rosez / Rosses / Sainte-Rose

INFORMATION

FontID: 21370ARR

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: 64350 Arrosès, France

Country Name: France

Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the D219 and D292, NNE of Pau, 5 km W of Madiran, between La Bigorre and Armagnac

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Holy-water stoup of the 12th-13th century (?) made of sandstone listed in Palissy [ref.: IM64002119]: " bénitier [ grès] (circulaire) ; d'applique [...] Bénitier posé sur un massif cylindrique [...] 12e siècle (?) ; 13e siècle (?)".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 733458 4825085

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Diameter (includes rim): 54 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*

Notes on Measurements: Palissy [ref.: IM64002119]