Genille No. 2 / Genillé

Results: 5 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04234GEN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1494
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Eulalie de Genillé
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Notes: 11thC church with remains of a Merovingian cemetery nearby; much modified since; 12thC church; re-built 1215; again 16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097765]: "L'église se compose d'un clocher dont la partie basse avec voûte date du 13e siècle et la flèche du 15e ; d'une abside comprenant une travée rectangulaire et une travée polygonale du 15e siècle ; d'une nef des 15e et 16e siècles. Le portail d'entrée est du 15e isècle."
Church Address: Pl. Agnés Sorel, 37460 Genillé, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D764, 10 km NE of Loches, about 40 km SE of Loches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described by E. Pépin in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a white marble stoup from 1494. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 979) as a shallow round marble basin ornamented with ribbed pattern, and a shield on one of its sides; to the sides of the shield, the date 1494; the shield itself is described as having a diagonal branch with a kernel on each side; the source mentions also an inscription, but it is not visible in the source; the base consists of a slender cylindrical shaft ornamented with a centre ring hat divides it into two, both parts decorated with fluted pattern; the lower base is rounded with a square bottom and has also what looks like foliage ornamentation. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM37000211]: "Bénitier [...] Marbre [...] H = 118 ; d = 58 [...] Armoiries non identifiées (écusson sur un côté de la vasque) : un bâton écoté posé en bande et accompagné de deux glands. Date : 1494, en chiffres arabes, deux chiffres de chaque côté de l'écusson. Sur le rebord supérieur de la vasque, une inscription en capitales romaines : QUI A DONNE CE BENITIER. EN PARADIS AIT SON CHANTIER." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP37W00195, OA037_193700158, OA037123700687].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 355545 5227524
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.185338, 1.093287
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 11′ 7.22″ N, 1° 5′ 35.83″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm* / 58 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* / 118 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 979) / ** Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: on the basin
Inscription Text: "14 / 94 / QUI A DONNE CE BENITIER. EN PARADIS AIT SON CHANTIER"
Inscription Notes: "He who donated this stoup has a quarry in Heaven"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III D 83
  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2: 979
  • 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, 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, 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, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.