Vue
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03966VUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Anne [orig. from the Église Saint-Philbert]
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anne
Site Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Pellerin, arrondissement de Nantes
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite baptismal basin from the High Middle Ages. It appears hexagonal (or octagonal) and in very poor condition, with many areas broken off. There are two torus on the lower side of the base, which may have had some relief on them (rope?) The source [cf. supra] informs that it was originally at the ancient church of Saint-Philbert.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 917