St. Branchs / Saint-Branchs
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BH01: human figure - head - 3
Scene Description: rather grotesque or crudely rendered
INFORMATION
FontID: 04242BRA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Béningne
Church Patron Saints: St. Benignus of Dijon
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located near Cormery, in the canton de Chambray-lès-Tours, arrondissement de Tours
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted near the south side door
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- : III D 145) simply as a 13th century holy-water stoup. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001: v. 1, 307) as a rectangular holy-water stoup of the 13th century wall-mounted near the south door of the church; it is made of a brown-coloured stone and ornamented with three rather caricaturesque heads, one of the right at the corner of the front and right dises, the other two, one on each side, front and right.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001