Chanceaux-pres-Loches / Chanceaux-près-Loches

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BBL01: human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head

grimacing face, forming the lower part of the basin
Scene Description: grimacing face, forming the lower part of the basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 06156CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Loches, arrondissement de Loches
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the right wall of the nave, near the door to te sacristy
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 814) as a wall-mounted holy-water stoup dated approximaely from the 13th century; the upper part is octagonal on the outside with vertical sides, and round on the inside; the lower part is a grotesque grimacing head.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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