Mozac
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03735MOZ
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église [ancienne abbatiale] Saint-Pierre [Abbaye Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Caprais de Mozac]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: The Phaidon guide for France (1985, p. 577 and ill. of reliquary on p. 579)) reports "exceptionally fine Romanesque carved capitals of classical and Oriental inspiration" and, in the sacristy, "the fine 12C reliquary of St. Calmin, a work in enamel from the Limoges school" in the church of St-Pierre at Mozac.
Church Address: 63200 Mozac, France -- Tel.: +33 4 73 33 71 71
Site Location: Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 2 km E of Riom, 11 kms NW of Clermont-Ferrand
Ecclesiastic Region: Docèse de Clermont
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: Enlart identifies it as a Romanesque capital recycled for use as holy water stoup
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Identified in Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 3) as a former Romanesque capital recycled for use as holy-water stoup.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 507306 5081892
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.890556, 3.094167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 53′ 26″ N, 3° 5′ 39″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 784 footnote 3