Vernou-sur-Brenne

INFORMATION

FontID: 04247VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located 15 km E of Tours
Font Location in Church: Outside the entrance
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-: III D 173 ) simply as a 12th century baptismal font. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 1394) as a cylindrical mounted limestone baptismal font from the 12th century. The font appears to be of crude manufacture, with a centre ring around the more slender upper base, and scotias around both the basin and the lower base. It could very well be of a later date, although the church itself is said to go back as far as St. Perpet ca 480AD.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001