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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21370ARR

Object Type: Stoup

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

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

Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Address: 64350 Arrosès, France

Site Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe

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

Font Notes: Click to view

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]

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.