Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges No. 1
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font
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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 font in context
Scene Description: a disused font? appears modern
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view of church interior - detail
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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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Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2024 by Pedro Novella
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25667COM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
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"
Church Address: 131 Pl. du Bout du Pont, 31510 Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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Baptismal font of granite consisting of a round and plain, rather shallow basin on a polygonal pedestal base. No cover present.
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
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 302107 4766639
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.026667, 0.571111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 1′ 36″ N, 0° 34′ 16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining