Saint-Germain-la-Riviere / Saint-Germain-la-Rivière
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B01: design element - motifs - sawtooth
Scene Description: Or zig-zag, a/p Corblet's illustration
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Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 127)
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B02: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - 8 arches - trefoiled arches
Scene Description: a/p Corblet's illustration
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Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 127)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 127)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03519GER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Similar shape as the font at Romagne, and others in the same area
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Germain-et-Saint-Loup de Saint-Germain-la-Rivière
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain] & St. Loup of Limoges
Church Notes: 13thC(?) church; modified 18th and 19thC
Church Address: 33240 Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière, France
Site Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the RN670, between Saint-André-de-Cubzac and Libourne.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bordeaux
Additional Comments: Listed by Corblet without annotation, but has a drawing showing a square unmounted font, the sides of the basin ornamented with round arches on whose upper part appear saw-tooth motif (or zig-zag?) It is otherwise plain and the basin well appears to be round. (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 127)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of a type common in this area of France (Courpiac, Juzagan, Romagne, etc.): box-like, ornamented with a pair of low-relief blind arches on each side (some with saw-tooth pattern on the rounded part). Illustrated in Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 127)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 710418 4980594
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.947626, -0.332666
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 56′ 51.46″ N, 0° 19′ 57.6″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 127