Bois-de-Cene No. 2 / Boes-de-Cene / Bois-de-Céné
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05581BOI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Said to be similar to the one in an abbey in l'Île-Chauvet
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Étienne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110049]
Church Address: 7 Rue Gaston Dolbeau, 85710 Bois-de-Céné, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of roads D21-D28-D58, 10 km N of Challans, 50-60 SW of Nantes
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup listed in Palissy [ref.: PM85000932]: "Bénitier [...] Entrée ouest de la nef [...] Calcaire [...] H = 104 ; la = 64 ; pr = 63". Illustrated in Mémoire [OA085_20218500570]. Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 92) as a holy-water stoup in the Gothic style whose central part is said to be similar to the one at the Abbaye de l'Île-Chauvet [cf. Index entry for Bois-de-C... No. 1 for a baptismal font in the same church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 584821 5198821
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.9375, -1.8856
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 56′ 15″ N, 1° 53′ 8.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 92