Mortagne-sur-Sevre / Mortagne-sur-Sèvre
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BH01: angel - head - 4
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles on the upper basin sides
INFORMATION
FontID: 05588MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Hilaire
Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers
Country Name: France
Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Mortagne-sur-Sèvre, arrondissement des Sables-d'Olonne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: The previous church was demolished and a new one built in 1904. An original chapel and, later, a Romanesque church existed on the same site; of the latter, only the choir has survived; the baptismal font is believed to be from the former.
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 575) as a monolithic granite baptismal font of the 13th century; it is roughly octagonal, rather bucket-shaped; the upper basin side is ornamented with four very worn angel heads at 90-degree angles. It is believed to have been in the original Romanesque chapel that existed before the first parish church (ibid.)
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 70 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 1: 575)
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001