Girouard / Le Girouard

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05590GIR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1666
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Généroux du Girouard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Generosus
Church Address: 1 Rue des Forgerons, 85150 Le Girouard, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D80, S of the D160,8 km SE of Les Achards, 20 km NE of Les Sables-d'Olonne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Luçon
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.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 607237 5158134
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.56821, -1.600689
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 34′ 5.56″ N, 1° 36′ 2.48″ W

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, vol. 2, p. 631