Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges No. 1

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font

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information

Scene Description: posted outside the church

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information

Scene Description: posted outside the church

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: showing the drain hole

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view of church exterior in context - north view

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view of church interior - detail

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view of font in context

Scene Description: a disused font? appears modern

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25667COM
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 131 Pl. du Bout du Pont, 31510 Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off the D26 [aka La Ville], W of the D26A, on the S bank of the Garonne river, about 15 km WSW of Saint-Gaudens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pedro Novella for bringing this font to our attention and for his photographs of this church, fonts and stoups
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 14th and 16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094447]: "Cathédrale élevée autour de 1100 par Bertrand de l'Isle, évêque de Comminges et flanquée d'un cloître et d'un enclos fortifié. Au début du 14e siècle, sous le pontificat de Clément V, et pour adapter la nef à l'afflux des pélerins, la cathédrale est agrandie dans le style gothique"
Baptismal font of granite consisting of a round and plain, rather shallow basin on a polygonal pedestal base. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.026667, 0.571111
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 1′ 36″ N, 0° 34′ 16″ E
UTM: 31T 302107 4766639

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining