Souille / Souillé

INFORMATION

FontID: 05889SOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin [not in the church, though originally from it]
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: In the canton de Ballon, arrondissement du Mans
Font Location in Church: Outdoors, in the Place de l'église
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des comunes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 126) as a rather irregular and plain octagonal mounted stoup; it is made of a grey granite from Alençon, and may have served as baptismal font originally. At an unknown time in the past it was taken out of the church and left outside, in the Place de l'église, where it now [i.e., ca. 2001] stands.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, grey (granite from Alençon)
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des comunes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 126)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001