Grandjean
Results: 2 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion
Scene Description: several, a/p description in Crozet (1971)
B02: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: a/p description in Crozet (1971)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04567GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located a few kms SW of St-Jean-d'Angély, NE of St-Savinien
Century and Period: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 117) as a Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with capitals which include foliage motif and lions. [NB: not clear whether this is a font or a piscina for other uses]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971