Saint-Ouen nr. Cressé
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B01: design element - motifs - moulding or piping - with twisted pattern
Scene Description: a/p description in Crozet (1971)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04564OUE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located a few kms SE of Cressé, in the extreme eastern area of the Saintonge near the Angoumois
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 117) as a Romanesque octagonal baptismal font with twisted motif on the mouldings of the basin ["la torsade archaïque est le seul ornement qui anime un peu les bageuettes cylidriques des arêtes de la cuve octogonale".
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971