Sauve-Majeure

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04194SAU
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only] -- 13th century [base only], [composite stoup]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre de La Sauve Majeure
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Rue de l'Eglise St Pierre, 33670 La Sauve, France
Site Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 35 km ESE of Bordeaux, 3 km E of Creon. The church is located about 500 m W of the abbey complex
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bordeaux
Additional Comments: composite stoup / recycled capitals: 12th and 13thC1th century capitals now serving as holy water stoup; one has a scene of Daniel between the lions on its side -- disappeared font? (the one from the medival church here)
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a 11th century capital now serving as holy-water stoup; it has a scene of Daniel between the lions on its side. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM33000785]: "Ce bénitier est formé de deux chapiteaux superposés : l'un, gothique, est renversé et placé sous le second, qui est roman et représente Daniel dans la fosse aux lions [...] 12e siècle ; 13e siècle [...] H = 105". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP33W00604, AP33W01005, APMH0100562].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 712242 4963001
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.788889, -0.316944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 47′ 20″ N, 0° 19′ 1″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: capital
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III B 138
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.