Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges No. 2

Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2024

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 August 2024)

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view of stoup

Scene Description: One of two former Romanesque capitals re-purposed as holy-water stoups and located by the entranceway

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2024 by Pedro Novella

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 August 2024)

view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: One of two former Romanesque capitals re-purposed as holy-water stoups and located by the entranceway

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pedro Novella, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph 17 August 2024 by Pedro Novella

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 18 August 2024)

INFORMATION

FontID: 25668COM
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, by the entranceway
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, 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
One of two former Romanesque capitals re-purposed as holy-water stoups and located by the entranceway; it consists of a badly damaged and eroded capital decorated with foliage and assorted motifs, raised on a round pedestal base, itself probably a re-used section of a column.

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
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square