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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04867HIL
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: column
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Hilaire de Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hilary of Poitiers
Church Address: 3 Rue de la Chalaide, 51400 Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple, France
Site Location: Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D208, N of the A4, 10 km N of Châlons-en-Champagne
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: 12th-century stone column which was recycled as the base of a holy-water stoup
Font Notes:
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 601170 5434682
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.056695, 4.384779
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 3′ 24.1″ N, 4° 23′ 5.2″ E

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