Saint-Ouen-en-Champagne / St-Ouen-en-Champagne

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BBL01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: all around the basin sides

INFORMATION

FontID: 05892OUE
Church/Chapel: Eglise St-Ouen
Church Patron Saints: St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Brûlon, arrondissement de La Flèche
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des comunes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 327) as the bottom fragment of the basin of a medieval baptismal font; the cylindrical fragment, which was found in the presbitery yard in the 1970s, is believed to have been part of the original font of this church (the church dates originally from the fisrt half of the 12th century). The sides of the fragment are ornamented with a low-relief blind arcade of round arches. The material is identified as "calcaire coquillier".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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