Varennes No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06154VAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar design of the inner lobes of the basin in the fonts at La Celle-Guenand and Ferrière-Larçon
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Pl. de la Mairie, 37600 Varennes, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D31, in the municipality and about 10 km SW of Loches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 781) as a square mounted holy-water stoup dated from teh 12th or 13th century. This source (ibid.) cites the Congrès archéologique de Tours (1949) in which Marc Thibout pointed out the similarity of the lobes of this basin with those of the fonts at la Celle-Guenand and Ferrière-Larçon. Thibout attributes all three examples to the 12th century, whereas Robert Ranjard dates the Varennes stoup to the 13th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 341740 5215012
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.06965, 0.91559
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 4′ 10.74″ N, 0° 54′ 56.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 781