Sainte-Hermine / Ste-Hermine

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B01: design element - motifs - scroll

Scene Description: all around the sides

Image Source: Gischia (1939)

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B01: symbol - cross - greek - in a circle - 3

Scene Description: one large and two smaller ones, a/p illustration in Gischia (1939)

B02: symbol - cross - greek - in a circle - 3

Scene Description: a large one in the centre, two smaller ones to the sides

Image Source: Gischia (1939)

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Image Source: Gischia (1939)

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

INFORMATION

FontID: 04550HER

Museum and Inventory Number: Musée des antiquités nationales, St-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris

Church/Chapel: [originally from the Parish Church]

Country Name: France

Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire

Directions to Site: Sainte-Hermine is located off the A63 (dir. Nantes), SE of La Roche-sur-Yon. The Musée des antiquités nationales is in St-Germain-en-Laye, just 10 km from Paris.

Font Location in Church: [In a museum]

Century and Period: 6th - 7th century, Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Gischia (1939) as a 6th or 7th century holy-water stoup made of varnished clay; it is now [1939] in the Musée des antiquités nationales, but was originally from Sainte-Hermine in Vendée. The illustration shows an oblong, without a base and with two handles, one at each end; the visible side has vertical lines and snake-like motifs, plus three crosses inside circles: a large one in the centre and two small on the sides.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic, clay (varnished)

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: oblong (unmounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: oblong

REFERENCES

Gischia, Arts primitifs français, Paris: Éditions arts et métiers graphiques, 1939