Sublaines / Sublanis / Subleinnes / Sublena / Sublenes / Sublenum
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view of church exterior - northeast end
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gaetan Poix, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 April 2009 by Gaetan Poix [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sublaines-église2.jpg] [accessed 12 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04241SUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Sublaines
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church originally 12thC; altered 15thC; listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098120]
Church Address: 37310 Sublaines, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located W of the D31, between Bléré (7 km N) and Chédigny (S), about 20 km N of Loches up the D31, in the "aire urbaine de Tours"
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Historical Region: Touraine
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 12th century baptismal font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM37000480] with date in the 12th century [NB: broken link -- failure to access 27 December 2023]. A Romanesque font here is noted in TRÉSORS DU MOYEN ÂGE. Patrimoines médiévaux en Pays d'art et d'histoire Loire Touraine [https://www.paysloiretouraine.fr/app/uploads/2022/11/2210TresorsMoyenAgePAH-1.pdf] [accessed 27 December 2023]. The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Martin_de_Sublaines] [accessed 27 December 2023] reports astone font of the 12th century ["Une cuve baptismale en pierre, du XIIe siècle, se trouve à l'intérieur de l'église"].
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III D 137