Nouillers

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - star

Scene Description: four- and six-point stars, a/p description in Crozet (1971)

B02: animal - mammal - quadruped

Scene Description: a/p description in Crozet (1971)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04563NOU
Church/Chapel: [originally from the parish church at Nouillers]
Country Name: France
Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Nouillers is located just E of Saint-Jean-d'Angély, itself 25 km NNE of Saintes
Font Location in Church: In a museum
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 117) as a Romanesque baptismal font; it is square and low and its ornamental work is crude ["de facture plus barbare"]: four- and six-point stars and, on at least one of the sides, a quadruped.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971