Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple / St-Hilaire-au-Temple

INFORMATION

FontID: 04867HIL

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: St-Hilaire-au-Temple parish church

Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers

Country Name: France

Location: Marne, Grand Est

Century and Period: 12th century (late), Gothic

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Listed in the Index of Chrsitian Art (syst.#0103110, code 20 S22H2T Ch C01,001) as a stone column which was recycled as the base of a holy-water stoup; it contains a scene of the Visitation to Mary, "Virgin Mary and Elizabeth, both veiled, embracing" (Ibid.) and is dated to the second half of the 12th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

Index of Medieval Art, The Index of Medieval Art, Index of Christian Art, Princeton, [s.d.]. URL: https://theindex.princeton.edu/.

Pressouyre, Léon, "Sculpture du XIIe siècle à Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne)", CXXIII, 1965, Bulletin Monumental, 1965, pp. p. 131-134, figs. p. 133; p. 131-134, figs. p. 133