Drache / Draché

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04233DRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Sulpice de Draché
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Church Address: 1 Rue du Breuil, 37800 Draché, France -- Tel.: +33 2 47 65 02 13
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Descartes, arrondissement de Loches, 8 km WNW of Descartes off the N10 (dir. Tours)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Font Notes:
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 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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 319583 5214009
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.05495, 0.6244
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 3′ 17.82″ N, 0° 37′ 27.84″ E

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-, III D 69
  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 520