Varennes No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 06155VAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Pl. de la Mairie, 37600 Varennes, France
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D31, in the municipality and about 10 km SW of Loches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century / 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church Notes: 13thC(?) church
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 781) as a hemispheric mounted baptismal font; the base consists of octagonal shafts. This source (ibid.) cites the Congrès archéologique de Tours (1949) in which Robert Ranjard dates the Varennes font to the 13th century, but it adds that it is more likely to be dated to the 15th or 16th century..

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.06965, 0.91559
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 4′ 10.74″ N, 0° 54′ 56.12″ E
UTM: 31T 341740 5215012

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001