Montilly

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03899MON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: The earlier church is dated to the 11th century but the earliest remains are probably the listed stoup and an altar of about the same date.
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Moulins, arrondissement de Moulins
Font Notes:
Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999, v. 2, p. 849) as a pedestal holy-water stoup. It is made of a single block of stone and shaped like a column with capital and base, both these ornamented with plamette motifs. The basin has an reinforcing iron ring/band around its upper rim.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: pedestal stoup
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 849