Pezens No. 1

Results: 3 records

B01: human figure - head

a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)
Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)

B02: design element - patterns - ribbed

a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)
Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)

B03: design element - motifs - pine cone

a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)
Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04097PEZ
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Chapelle de la Madeleine
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: France
Location: Aude, Occitanie
Directions to Site: This chapel is located about 1 km W of Pezens, at the crossing of the roads between Toulouse and Montolieu; Pezens is in the canton d'Alzonne, arrondissement de Carcassonne
Church Notes: Country chapel; some of its sculpture is quite early, 7th through 9th century
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as one of three stoups, this one is ornamented with a protruding human head and a pattern of flat ribs stemming from a pine cone. Another stoup [cf. Index entry for Pezens No. 2] bears the emblem of the Voisin family.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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