Ile-d'Olonne / L'Île-d'Olonne

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05594ILE
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Date: 1665
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin-de-Vertou de L'Île-d'Olonne
Font Location in Church: Inside, to the left of the chancel [formerly in the courtyard of the boys' school]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 12thC church; replaced 13thC; restored 17th and 20thC
Church Address: 1 Rue des Marais, 85340 L'Île-d'Olonne, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D38, 7-8 km N of Les Sables-d'Olonne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Luçon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: originally a stoup, later a hand-basin for the boys' school; later still back to stoup function in the church
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 924) as an octagonal mounted granite font or stoup dated by an inscription to 1665; in 1902 it had been removed from the church and installed as a hand-basin in the courtyard of the boys' school; in 1970 it was taken back to the church, mounted on an octagonal pedestal and installed to the left of the choir.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 593346 5157169
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.561608, -1.782087
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 33′ 41.79″ N, 1° 46′ 55.51″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two [modern base]
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on one of the basin sides
Inscription Text: "1665"
Inscription Source: Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 924)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 924