Allas-Bocage No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 04203ALL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Country Name: France

Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located SW of Jonzac, NE of Mirambeau, in the canton de Mirambeau, arrondissement de Jonzac

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a 15th century octagonal font mounted on columnar support. Listed also in "Églises & abbayes de la Saintonge romane" [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for this reference]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Charente-Maritime, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002