Allas-Bocage No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04203ALL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin d'Allas-Bocage
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Le Bourg, 17150 Allas-Bocage, France
Site Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D151, SW of Jonzac, NE of Mirambeau, in the canton de Mirambeau, arrondissement de Jonzac
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes
Font Notes:
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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".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for this reference]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 696351 5028681
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.3841, -0.4919
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 23′ 2.76″ N, 0° 29′ 30.84″ W
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-, III C 5
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Charente-Maritime, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, t. 1: 457