Saint-Étienne-de-Carlat No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 04466ETI

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise St-Étienne

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Country Name: France

Location: Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Located in the canton de (and 9 km from) Vic-sur-Cère, arrondissement d'Aurillac

Font Location in Church: In the nave

Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view

One of two holy-water stoups (the other, located by the N wall of the nave, is 18th century) in this church; described in the Inventaire... (1984) as having a square basin, with a round inside well, and truncated cone base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, andesite

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Diameter (includes rim): 32 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm

Notes on Measurements: Inventaire... (1984)

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale d'Auvergne, Cantal: canton Vic-sur-Cère, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1984