Penne
Results: 2 records
B01: symbol - cross - Greek - pattée
Scene Description: a/p description in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
B02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: a/p description in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
INFORMATION
FontID: 04150PEN
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Catherine [orig. from the chapel of the chateau]
Church Patron Saints: St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Country Name: France
Location: Tarn, Occitanie
Directions to Site: On the D115, ENE of Montauban
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: The castle is now in ruins
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a Gothic stoup originally from the chapel of the old castle; the basin looks like a large capital hollowed out to serve as stoup, its sides ornamented with potent crosses and foliage motif; the cylindrical pedestal of the base rests on a polygonal lower base.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: square?
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-