Saint-Eugene nr. Brie-sous-Archiac / Saint-Eugène / St-Eugene (Charente-Maritime)
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B01: design element - patterns - imbrication
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B02: design element - motifs - diaper
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B03: design element - motifs - nail-head
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B04: design element - motifs - semicircle
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view of church exterior in context - south view
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises en Charente Maritime, 2014
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Crozet, 1971
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font in context
Scene Description: in the south transept
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04219EUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century / 16th century, Romanesque? / Renaissance?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Eugène / Eugénie [aka Prieuré Saint-Eugène]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eugene
Church Notes: church dedicated to St. Martin existed here by the 8thC; the Benedictines of Saint-Etienne-de-Baignes built the present church in the 11thC; "Le croisillon sud abrite une cuve baptismale octogonale d'époque romane, à imbrications et décor géométrique. " [source: www.eglises-en-charente-maritime.fr/saint-eugene eglise sainte-eugenie.html] [accessed 5 January 2014] -- listed in Mérimée [ref.:PA00105171] as 12thC
Church Address: 17520 Saint-Eugène, France
Site Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the D731, in the canton d'Archiac, N of Brie-sous-Archiac, 13 km WNW of Barbezieux, arrondissement de Jonzac.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saintes
Historical Region: Haute-Saintonge
Additional Comments: is the font 16th-century, as claimed in Palissy, etc., or is it an earlier font re-carved at that date? -- disappeared font? (the one from the 8th and 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Noted in Bourricaud (1880) among a group of ancient fonts in the area, very interesting and worthy of further study. Described in Crozet (1966- ) as an octagonal Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with imbrication and geometric motif. In his later work, L'art roman en Saintonge (1971), Crozet illustrates the font which he describes as "d'une exécution parfaite"; its design iis very regular, elegant, with each panel covered in a particular motif, honey-comb, imbrication, saw-tooth... Listed and illustrated in the Palissy database [référence PM17000375] with date in the 16th century. The Patrimoines des communes... Charente-Maritime (2002) [Flohic ref.: 17021302] illustrates the same font as octagonal inside and out, also with date in the 16th century .
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 712100 5042916
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.5075, -0.2848
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 30′ 27″ N, 0° 17′ 5.28″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; hinged at 2/3; appears modern
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III C 171
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Charente-Maritime, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, t. 1: 84
- Bourricaud, A. [Antoine], "Fonts baptismaux de St-Eutrope de Saintes", 2e série, tome 1 (tome V de la collection), Recueil de la Commission des arts & monuments historiques de la Charente-Inférieure et Société d'archéologie de Saintes, 1880-1881, pp. 204-208; p. 204
- Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971, p. 117 and pl. XLV-D