Saint-Sornin No. 1
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - motifs - leaf
B02: design element - motifs - foliage
INFORMATION
FontID: 03892SOR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Saturnin-et-Saint-Jacques
Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus & St. James
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: In the canton de Montet, arrondissement de Moulins
Font Location in Church: [cf. font notes]
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: This church has a corbel shaped as a three-face head [cf. Images area]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999, v. 2, p. 698) as a 12th century capital recycled as holy-water stoup with foliage motifs on the sides. [NB: inexplicably, on our visit to this church, we missed this object - there are two other items listed in the Index for this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999