Montilly
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design element - motifs - leaf - palm
INFORMATION
FontID: 03899MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: In the canton de Moulins, arrondissement de Moulins
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
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.
Font Notes: Click to view 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