Drache / Draché
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BH01: human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: one on each of the upper corners of the basin sides
INFORMATION
FontID: 04233DRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sulpice
Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Descartes, arrondissement de Loches, 8 km WNW of Descartes off the N10 (dir. Tours)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described by E. Pépin in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- : III D 69) as a baptismal font ornamented with four large human heads at the angles of the basin; the early parts of the church belong to the 11th century [NB: Pépin does not give the date of the font]. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 520) as a square basin mounted on a very short platform; there is a crudely carved head at each of the upper angles of the basin side. This last source suggests that this basin may have been carved from a former capital.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Notes on Measurements: Measurements given as "100 x 110 cm" in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 520)
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001