Vars nr. Angoulême

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02998VAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Rouillac, Braux, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Denis de Vars
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Address: 54-42 Rue Principale, 16330 Vars, France -- Tel.: +33 5 45 39 73 04
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D11-D115 crossroads, 14 km N of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart in a group of 11-12th century fonts with a hemispheric basin supported by four colonnettes the top of which has a sculpted human head; later on in the same source he lists it in a group of octagonal fonts dated to the "fin du XIIe siècle" (?) (Enlart, 1902). Described by C. Daras in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a baptismal font of the 12th century.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 276306 5071693
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.762574, 0.123352
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 45′ 45.26″ N, 0° 7′ 24.07″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III C 202
  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 774 footnote 4 and p. 775 footnote 2