Ile-Bouchard No. 1 / L'Île-Bouchard

Image copyright © Jean-François, 2013

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design element - motifs - knob - 4

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-François, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 19 October 2013 by Jean-François [https://vogage-roman-art.blogspot.com/2013/10/lile-bouchard-de-lancienne-eglise-saint.html] [accessed 18 July 2023].

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view of church exterior - north portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Saint-Gilles de lÎle-Bouchard (Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 5 March 2012 by Peter Potrowl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'Île-Bouchard_-_Église_Saint-Gilles_-_4.jpg] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'Ile-Bouchard - Eglise Saint-Gilles sous la neige"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marc Pissot, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 5 February 2012 by Marc Pissot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27Ile-Bouchard_-_Eglise_Saint-Gilles_sous_la_neige_(2).jpg] [accesse d 18 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antoine Garnier, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 2 July 2016 by Antoine Garnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'Île-Bouchard_-_Eglise_Saint-Maurice_01.jpg] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Gilles [...] Chapelle des fonts baptismaux"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph [20233700319] 1 June 2023 by Isabelle Girard, in Mémoire [OA037_20233700319] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA037_20233700319] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of church interior - baptistery - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Gilles [...] Chapelle des fonts baptismaux"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph [20233700320] 1 June 2023 by Isabelle Girard, in Mémoire [OA037_20233700320] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA037_20233700320] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Saint-Gilles de lÎle-Bouchard (Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 5 March 2012 by Peter Potrowl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'Île-Bouchard_-_Église_Saint-Gilles_-_5.jpg] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Saint-Gilles de lÎle-Bouchard (Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph 5 March 2012 by Peter Potrowl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'Île-Bouchard_-_Église_Saint-Gilles_-_10.jpg] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: the former baptismal font being used as a holy-water stoup at the west end of the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-François, 2013

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 19 October 2013 by Jean-François [https://vogage-roman-art.blogspot.com/2013/10/lile-bouchard-de-lancienne-eglise-saint.html] [accessed 18 July 2023].

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04235ILE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Gilles de L'Île-Bouchard
Church Patron Saints: St. Giles [aka Aegidus, Egidus, Gilles]
Church Location: 58 Rue de la Liberté, 37220 L'Île-Bouchard, France
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D8/D760, on the N bank of the Vienne river, 15 km W of Chinon, about 30 SW of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Historical Region: Centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: original priory church 1069; re-built 15th and 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097782]: "11e siècle ; 12e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 17e siècle ; 19e siècle"
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 12th-century baptismal font. The baptistery chapel of this church is listed and illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA037_20233700319]; it houses the modern font in use. Noted and illustrated by Jean-François' L'Ile Bouchard; de l'ancienne église Saint-Ambroise à la paroissiale Saint-Gilles [https://vogage-roman-art.blogspot.com/2013/10/lile-bouchard-de-lancienne-eglise-saint.html] [accessed 18 July 2023].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.12395, 0.427275
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 7′ 26.22″ N, 0° 25′ 38.19″ E
UTM: 31T 304865 5222150

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-