Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu No. 3

INFORMATION

FontID: 03973PHI
Church/Chapel: Abbatiale de Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Church Patron Saints: St. Philbert [aka Filbertus]
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: In the canton de Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, arrondissement de Nantes
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century,
Cognate Fonts: another one in the same church
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite stoup of the 12th-13th century; it is reported that five such stoups were found during excavation work in this abbey, two of which have now been wall-mounted as stoups [cf. Index entry for Saint-Philbert..., No. 2]; the source further tells that the four stumps -characteristic of this type of mortar-shaped stoup- were originally "des visages sculptés, qui ont été altérés par les temps." (Ibid., v. 2, p. 1231)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: mortar-shape
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999