Mas-d'Agenais No. 1 / Le Mas-d'Agenais

INFORMATION

FontID: 04189MAS
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Vincent
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Country Name: France
Location: Lot-et-Garonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located 11 km SSE of Marmande, on the Canal du Midi
Century and Period: 2nd - 3rd century (?), Early Christian
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as an ancient column now serving as base for a holy-water stoup; it bears an ancient (2nd or 3rd century) inscription [NB: it is not clear from the source if this is a third stoup, or the base of one of the other two converted capitals]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin?
Inscription Notes: cf. Notes on font
Inscription Location: on the side
Inscription Source: Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- , III A 94)

REFERENCES

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