Chavagnes-en-Paillers No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05597CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: [not in a church - originally from a private chapel]
Font Location in Church: Located in the "Ferme de Preuilly" [a farm]
Church Address: 85250 Chavagnes-en-Paillers, France
Site Location: Vendée, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D6-D62 crossroads, about 40 km SSE of Nantes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Luçon
Additional Comments: recycled stoup
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine... de la Vendée (2001, v. 2: 971) as a monolithic granite holy-water stoup of the 11th or 12th century; it is roughly octagonal, both inside and out, with very thick walls, and totally plain. It is said to have been the stoup of the private chapel of the seigneurs de Preuilly, a local fiefdom; the chapel was destroyed during the Revolution (ibid.)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 633294 5194735
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vendée, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 971