Rouffiac / Roffiac / Roffiaco / Ruffiaco
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02997ROU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [Enlart], Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: font with consoles
Cognate Fonts: Haramont, Provins (Ste-Croix); Humbert, Braux, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: 16210 Rouffiac, France
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2, E of the D674, 7 km E of Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, 43 km S of Angouleme
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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.269400, 0.082500
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, p. 72
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 774 footnote 4; p. 782 footnote 4