Cherac / Chérac
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04556CHE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint Gervais Saint Protais de Chérac
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gervase & St. Protase [aka Gervasius and Protasius, Gervasis and Prothasis]
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104649]: "Edifice de la fin du 12e siècle, modifié au cours des âges."
Church Address: 17610 Chérac, France
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N141, 8 km W of Cognac
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Mentioned in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971) as a holy-water stoup carved from a cubic capital.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 699428 5064396
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.704387, -0.43807
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 42′ 15.79″ N, 0° 26′ 17.05″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971, p. 115