Puyravault No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04558PUY
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Puyravault
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110308]: "Ancienne fondation d'hospitaliers de Saint-Jean-de-Jerusalem. Resté à partir du 16e siècle dans l'ordre de Malte, la commanderie de Puyravault participe en 1643 à l'assèchement du marais sous l'autorité du chevalier François Petit de la Guerche. De cette commanderie, seule subsiste l'église du 12e siècle".
Church Address: 2 Bis Rue de la Garne, 95450 Puyravault, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D10A, about 5 km WSW of Chaille-les-Marais, 13 km ESE of Luçon down the D50
Historical Region: Le Marais poitevin
Font Notes:
Mentioned in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 115-117) as a curious holy-water stoup: a twelve-lobed basin appears to have been hollowed out from the stem of a fluted column. [cf. Index entry for Puyravault No. 2 for another interesting stoup in this town]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 647252 5137895
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.3786, -1.0852
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 22′ 42.96″ N, 1° 5′ 6.72″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: poly-lobed (12)
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971, p. 115-117