Moutier-Saint-Jean No. 2

Described and illustrated in Viollet-le-duc (1875, v. 2: 200 and fig. 1 on p. 201): an important holy-water stoup located before the pier of the central door. The façade of this church was built ca. 1130, and the holy-water stoup seems to belong to that period; as far as one can tell by the carving, which is executed rather crudely, this stoup appears to be made of bronze and located right at the feet of the statue of the Virgin that forms part of the pier [...] It is mounted on a support so thin that it can only be made of metal [our translation]. Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 13th-century stoup located just outside the church entrance. The stoup is not mentioned in the Palissy entry [ref.: IM89001564] for the collection of church furnishings [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/IM89001564] [accessed 22 March 2024] [cf. BSI entry Moutier-Saint-Jean No.1 for the 17th-century font here, which may perhaps be the object described in Viollet-le-Duc as a stoup]