Saint-Etienne-de-Chigny / Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04243ETI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Étienne [aka Église du vieux Bourg]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: church originally 13thC; re-built 15th-16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098076]
Church Address: viex bourg, 37230 Saint-Étienne-de-Chigny, France -- Tel.: 02 47 42 20 38
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located just SW of Luynes, 12 km W of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Historical Region: Centre
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a baptismal of the 16th century; its pyramidal wooden lid is ornamented with Gothic windows. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 895) as a double baptismal font of the 16th century; the two parts, main and secundary, are formed as independent objects, the main being taller than the other; they are linked at the basin side, the link being shaped like two human heads, back-to-back. The basins are round and ornamented with geometric and other motifs; the bases are octagonal at the top and square in the main part. The octagonal font cover is shaped like a church tower.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 313312 5250831
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.3841, 0.5266
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 23′ 2.76″ N, 0° 31′ 35.76″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: double-font, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, round (both)

LID INFORMATION

Date: 16th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III D 148
  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 895