Engayrac No. 2

Results: 1 records

LB01: symbol - vine - grape - with birds

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 04184ENG
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre aux liens
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad vincula
Country Name: France
Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: In the vecinity of Beauville, itself 19 km SE of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, arrondissement d'Agen, canton de Beauville
Font Location in Church: By a side door, on the right
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a holy-water stoup of complex design and uncertain date, supported on "un magnifique fragment antique de marbre blanc"; the same source informs that it was discovered during the prospections carried out in the north flank of the church circa 1884 and that it appears to be part of the freeze of a tomb richly decorated with grapevines inhabited by birds.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 331285 4902954

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, mixed: white marble (base only); unknown stone (basin)
Number of Pieces: two?

REFERENCES

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