Allas-Bocage No. 2

Results: 5 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches

Scene Description: a large arch on each side

B02: coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: held up by two angels

B03: design element - motifs - floral - rosette - 2

Scene Description: one under each of the other arches

B04: angel - 2

Scene Description: holding up the shield

LB01: design element - motifs - cartouche - 3?

Scene Description: with different motifs inside

INFORMATION

FontID: 04204ALL
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, Late Gothic
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a holy-water stoup ornamented with an Ogee arcade, shields and rosettes. The Patrimoine des communes... Charente-Maritime (2002, t. 1: 457) illustrates and describes the limestone stoup: the lower half is polygonal and well preserved, with cartouche-like panels with different motifs (dotted circle, cross-shaped foliage, etc); the upper half appears polygonal as well but without the clean-cut sides and much damaged; the front side has an Ogee arch topped with foliage motifs; inside the arch, a shield is held by two angels; the other sides have the same arch with floral motifs inside it. [Flohic ref.: 17170104]. Listed also in "Églises & abbayes de la Saintonge romane" [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela for this reference]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: Patrimoine des communes... Charente-Maritime (2002, t. 1: 457)

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Charente-Maritime, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002