Amboise
Results: 1 records
B01: symbol - thistle
Scene Description: several, a/p description the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ). Lasteyrie (1926-1927), however, sees them as artichoke leaves.
INFORMATION
FontID: 04223AMB
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Florentin
Church Patron Saints: St. Florentin [Florentinus?]
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located 22 km NE of Tours
Century and Period: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a 15th-century holy-water stoup ornamented with thistles. Lasteyrie (1926-1927) describes it as "assez jolie", perhaps a left-over "cul-de-lampe" recycled as a stoup, and dates it to the end of the 15th century. He describes the ornamentation, hoever, as artichoke leaves (ibid.)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927