Anville
Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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view of font
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 February 2011 by Michel Claveyrolas
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view of font in context
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symbol - cross - Latin - varied - 7
Scene Description: the three seen here are different from each other
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view of church exterior - southwest end
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rosier, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2007 by Rosier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anville.JPG] [accessed 15 September 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rosier, 2007
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information
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: Text by Michel Claveyrolas
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04559ANV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque / Transitional?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Médard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Medard [aka Medardus]
Church Notes: church documented 1184, but probably had existed already for a century; re-built 12thC;
Church Address: 16170 Anville, France
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D64, 7 km NW of Rouillac, 22 km ENE of Cognac, 25 km NE of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Le Rouillacais, Angoumois, Poitou-Charentes
Font Notes:
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Mentioned in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 117) as a Romanesque baptismal font: octagonal and ornamented with large crosses. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM16000051] with date in the 13th century. Described in Michel Claveyrolas: "Les fonts baptismaux, situés au début de la nef, ont été datés du XIIIe siècle, mais, comme souvent dans les zones rurales, le style roman s'est prolongé au-delà du XIIe siècle. C'est une cuve octogonale dont les faces sont séparées par des moulures en grosses baguettes imitant des colonnes engagées. Chaque face est ornée d'une croix en relief, sauf sur une face où la croix est dessinée par un contour en creux." The large Latin crosses are not all identical; some are plain, others potent and one appears to have some of its ends trefoiled. The old font is now raised in a squat modern octagonal base or plinth. No font cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his information and photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 724529 5079024
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.828201, -0.109219
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 49′ 41.53″ N, 0° 6′ 33.19″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM16000051]
REFERENCES
- Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971, p. 117