Perigueux No. 2 / Civitas Petrucoriorum / Peireguers / Periguers / Périgueux

Davies (1962: pl. 28) and Malle (1984: 50) show an illustration of an octagonal basin mounted on a base which has a broad central column and eight slender colonnettes, each meeting one of the angles of the basin; the basin sides are covered in ornamental scenes; of the three sides visible in the source, the left has dragons with necks intertwined, the central side has a foliage frame forming a circle in the centre in which appears a depiction of the Baptism of Christ, and the right side has another set of monsters; the angles of the basin sides have monster heads at the top from whose mouths issue a vegetal form serving as column and ending in a leaf motif; the underbowl chamfer has foliage patterns incised on it all around; the base colonnettes have Corinthian capitals; the lower base has a moulding and the whole rests on a lower base which appears to be made of limestone. There is a wooden cover but the source includes only the lower part. [NB: this font appears to be late 19th or early 20th century and, like the one at St-Benigne in Dijon, is included in this Index because it belongs in the same tradition of attaching importance and symbolism to the vessel of baptism -- we have no information on the earlier font(s) here].