Comps-sur-Artuby No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 04042COM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Philomène

Church Patron Saints: St. Philomena

Country Name: France

Location: Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Located about 20 kms N of Draguignan

Font Location in Church: Opposite the entrance, by the side of the nave

Century and Period: 13th century, Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view

Illustrated in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-): vat-like cylindrical font placed by the wall opposite the entrance; it appears totally plain except for a moulding around its middle. [NB: we failed to get access to this site on several ocassions; the church opens only for Sunday mass]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-