Girouard
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B01: inscription
Scene Description: date: 1666
INFORMATION
FontID: 05590GIR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Généroux
Church Patron Saints: St. Generosus
Country Name: France
Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de La Mothe-Achard, arrondissement des Sables-d'Olonne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1666
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 631) as a holy-water stoup dated by ean inscription to 1666; it is octagonal with vertical sides; its ornly ornamentation is a moulding on the lower side of the basin.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, tufa stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 30 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 631)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on one of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "1666"
Inscription Source: Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 631)
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001