Vernou-sur-Brenne

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04247VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Sainte-Trinité à Vernou-sur-Brenne
Font Location in Church: Outside the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098283]: "L'église actuelle a remplacé au 12e siècle un édifice carolingien. La façade occidentale est percée d'un portail roman qui donne accès à la nef principale et au choeur pentagonal du 12e siècle et d'un portail Renaissance qui donne accès au collatéral sud édifié au 16e siècle."
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D76, 15 km E of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the Carolingian church here)
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 337505 5254209
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.421078, 0.845604
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 25′ 15.88″ N, 0° 50′ 44.17″ E

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-, III D 173
  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 1394