Dijon No. 3

INFORMATION

FontID: 03931DIJ
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée archéologique de Dijon (Côte-d'Or)
Church/Chapel: In a museum
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Described as one of two medieval stoups in the "collection lapidaire du Musée archéologique de Dijon" (Sculpture médiévale en Bourgogne, 2000). It is a rectangular capital-like object with a well hollowed out of it to serve as stoup; the source [cf. supra] is uncertain about the original intended function of this object, as well as of its origine and provenance. It has an oval inside shape and is centrally drained, with a reported crack along the longer side. The ornamentation appears only on one side, with two sets of practically identical motifs: acanthus leaves (sort of "M" shaped" with upper rivulets) under an upper rim of saw-tooth motif.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Depth: 22-24 cm
Height of Basin Side: 34-35 cm
Basin Total Height: 34-35 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 34-35 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 59 x 44 cm
Notes on Measurements: a/p Sculpture (2000, p. 389)

REFERENCES

Musée archéologique de Dijon, Sculpture médiévale en Bourgogne: collection lapidaire du Musée archéologique de Dijon, Dijon: Ed. Universitaries de Dijon, [?]