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B01: human figure - head
Scene Description: a/p Enlart
INFORMATION
FontID: 02997ROU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 16210 Rouffiac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D2, E of the D674, 7 km E of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, 43 km S of Angouleme
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [Enlart], Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: font with consoles
Cognate Fonts: Haramont, Provins (Ste-Croix); Humbert, Braux, etc.
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 11th-12th century font with a round basin and four colonnettes with human heads sculpted at the top. He also identifies three consoles on this font and explains them as being there probably for the salt, oil and candle of the baptism ceremony (Enlart, 1902)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.269400, 0.082500
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 16' 9.8" N, 0° 4' 57.0" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902