Liglet

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04212LIG
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Hilaire-et-Sainte-Marguerite de Liglet
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hilary of Poitiers & St. Margaret of Antioch
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, 86290 Liglet, France -- Tel.: +33 5 49 91 62 84
Site Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D156, about 6 km NNE of La Trimouille, 45-50 km E of Poitiers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Poitiers
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-, III C 86) simply as a cubic stoup ornamented with Romanesque geometric motif. Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 2: 979) as one of the oldest holy-water stoups in Vienne; the quadrangular stoup shows two volumes, almost of the same height, the lower a few inches thinner; the upper volume, the basin, is ornamented with a large Latin pattée cross, checquered and lozenge motifs. The surface of the stone appears to be covered in a marbling wash. It rests on a low modern square plinth [Flohic ref. no.: 86250502]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 352963 5152519
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.510182, 1.083376
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 30′ 36.65″ N, 1° 5′ 0.16″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Font Height (less Plinth): 68 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 55 x 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 2: 979)

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III C 86
  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 2: 979