Challans

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05583CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Museum: In the Société d'Histoire et d'Études du Pays challandais
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne église Notre-Dame de Challans
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 14 Rue Pierre Monnier, 85300 Challans, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the D32, D205, D948, 45-50 SW of Nantes
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: recovered by M. l'abbé Charles Grelier, from whom is past on to Mme. Vincendeau; the latter donated it to the Société d'Histoire et d'Études du Pays challandais in 1992 or 1993
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 94) as a Romanesque holy-water stoup originally from the ancienne église Notre-Dame; it was recovered by M. l'abbé Charles Grelier, from whom is past on to Mme. Vincendeau; the latter donated it to the Société d'Histoire et d'Études du Pays challandais in 1992 or 1993. The base-less granit basin is rounded with three corner protrusions and resembles a mortar.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 585209 5188658
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.84601, -1.8824
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 50′ 45.64″ N, 1° 52′ 56.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: "18 x 18 x 15 cm" ( Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 94))

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 94