Aventignan

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Cuve baptismale en pierre" -- te stone basin encased in the wooden armoire

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_25.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - detail

Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin" -- the fragment, now inside the church, is possibly what remains of the tympanum of the original south portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin" -- the fragment, now inside the church, is possibly what remains of the tympanum of the original south portal

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_19.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Vestiges de l'ancien portail sud"

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_05.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin d'Aventignan (Hautes-Pyrénées)" [NB: the plan of the church is reversed: the chancel is at the west end; the entrance at east end]

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin d'Aventignan (Hautes-Pyrénées)" [NB: the plan of the church is reversed: the chancel is at the west end; the entrance at east end]

Image Source: digital photograph 27 May 2021 by Sotos [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_(Hautes-Pyrénées)_1.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Partie arrière de la nef avec l'entrée et la tribune" -- [NB: the plan of the church is reversed: the chancel is at the west end; the entrance at east end] showing the stone stoup by the right column, and the stone font in its wooden casing below the window on the right

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Partie arrière de la nef avec l'entrée et la tribune" -- [NB: the plan of the church is reversed: the chancel is at the west end; the entrance at east end] showing the stone stoup by the right column, and the stone font in its wooden casing below the window on the right

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_12.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Partie avant de la nef avec le chœur" [NB: the plan of the church is reversed: the chancel is at the west end; the entrance at east end]

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Partie avant de la nef avec le chœur" [NB: the plan of the church is reversed: the chancel is at the west end; the entrance at east end]

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_13.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Le baptistère" -- the baptismal font of stone 'wrapped' in a wooden armoire

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_21.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Saturnin [...] Bénitier de l'entrée en marbre noir"

Image Source: digital photograph 14 June 2020 by Patrice Bon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Saturnin_d'Aventignan_22.jpg] [accessed 16 July 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24780AVE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Saturnin d'Aventignan

Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus

Church Location: rue de l'Esperrou, 65660 Aventignan, France -- Tel.: 05 62 99 02 24

Country Name: France

Location: Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Located off the D26-D71 crossroads, S of the A64, 2-3 km ESE of Saint-Laurent-de-Neste, 10-12 km ESE of Lannemezan

Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the far end of the nave

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century

Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Notes: present church is a re-building of the 17th and 18thC; enlarged in the 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view

There are two vessels in this much modified church: a stone holy-water stoup and a baptismal font; the baptismal font is made of stone but totally encased in a wood armoire-like frame of the type found in other examples in the south of France. The 'armoire' cover the whole font; the upper half has doors that open at the front to provide access to the interior.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.069097, 0.519604

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 4′ 8.75″ N, 0° 31′ 10.57″ E

UTM: 31T 298049 4771474

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]