Barrais-Bussolles

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03886BAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Julien
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In th canton de Lapalisse, arrondissement de Vichy
Font Notes:
Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999, v. 1, p. 538) as a holy-water stoup from the 11th century. It has a plain octagonal basin of shallow sides mounted on a pedestal base, also octagonal, plain except for an arcade motif where the pedestal meets the lower base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 538