Verrieres / Verrières

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04222VER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Paroissiale Saint-Michel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: 4-8 Pl. Saint-Michel, 86410 Verrières, France -- Tel.: +33 5 49 42 71 77
Site Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D13, 10 km E of Lussac-les-Châteaux, 34 km SE of Poitiers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Poitiers
Font Notes:
Described by R. Crozet in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- , III, C 203) as a Romanesque of polylobed holy-water stoup. Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 1: 526) as the original 12th-century stoup from the old Romanesque church; the outer shape is square at the top with a rounded underbowl, the ornamentation restricted to four vertical incised lines dividing the surpace into faulse ribs; the inside well of the basin is poly-lobed, with eight sides. The cylindrical pedestal on which it stands is of a later date, according to the latter source [Flohic ref. no.: 86131002]. The entry for this church in Mérimée [ref.: IA00046895] lists "Du mobilier roman, il reste [...] 12e siècle [...] un bénitier qui est une cuve carrée creusée de huit lobes". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP86W00774].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 315207 5142566
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.411387, 0.595581
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 24′ 40.99″ N, 0° 35′ 44.09″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: poly-lobed (8 sides)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III C 203
  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 526
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mériméee / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/list?base=%5B%22Patrimoine%20architectural%20%28M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e%29%22%5D.