Bournan

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06152BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Bournan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 10thC(?) church; documented 1139; modified 12th, 15th, 18th and 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097599]
Church Address: 2 Rue de l'Esves, 37240 Bournan, France -- Tel.: +33 2 47 59 63 42
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D59, 7-8 km NW of Ligueil, about 20 km W of Loches, 30km S of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: damaged font: much repaired -- disappeared font? (the one from the 10thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 717) as an unmounted octagonal baptismal font dated to the 13th century by the two protruding heads on two of the basin sides; the font has been damaged and the repairs may have removed other ornamentation. This same source (ibid.) informs that a polygonal dome cover made of wood existed on this font, but its present whereabouts are unknown and it is only known from a photograph. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00026546]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 327487 5214514
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.0616, 0.7282
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 3′ 41.76″ N, 0° 43′ 41.52″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2: 717
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.