Paris No. 12 / Lutetia Parisiorum

INFORMATION

FontID: 04701PAR

Object Type: Stoup

Museum and Inventory Number: Musée de Cluny, Paris

Church/Chapel: In a museum

Country Name: France

Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France

Directions to Site: Originally from Château-Larcher, near Vivonne

Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse métropolitain de Paris

Font Location in Church: In a museum

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Font Notes: Click to view

Described by Lasteyrie (1929) as a stone holy-water stoup originally from Château-Larcher, near Vivonne (Vienne); the object is described as a small basin between [sic] two colonnettes.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque romane (2e éd., avec une bibliographie critique par Marcel Aubert), Paris: A. Picard, 1929