Corme-Royal
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B01: design element - motifs - leaf - acanthus
Scene Description: a/p description in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
INFORMATION
FontID: 04190COR
Church/Chapel: Priorale Saint-Nazaire
Church Patron Saints: St. Nazarius [aka Nazaire] [abbot of Lérins]
Country Name: France
Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located near Saujon, 25 km SWS of Saintes
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described by R. Crozet in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a stoup carved out of a beautiful marble capital ornamented leaves of barbed acanthus of the Byzantin style. The capital itself may be from the early Romanesqure church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: capital
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-