Saint-Jeanvrin
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B01: human figure - male - head - bearded
Scene Description: a/p description by J. Favière in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
INFORMATION
FontID: 04245JEA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Georges
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: France
Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located 4 km NW of Chateaumeillant
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: According to J. Favière in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ), the older part of the church belongs in the second half of the 12th century; the baptismal font is the only furnishing from that period.
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Described by J. Favière in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a large Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with a head of a man wearing a long and matted beard, and broken sticks (?) ("bâtons brisés")
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-