Chanceaux-pres-Loches / Chanceaux-près-Loches
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06156CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Chanceaux-près-Loches
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the right wall of the nave, near the door to te sacristy
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: 15A All. Valérie Schneider, 37600 Chanceaux-près-Loches, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D21, 5 km NW of Loches, about 30 km SE of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 343672 5223556
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.146944, 0.938056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 8′ 49″ N, 0° 56′ 17″ E
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, vol. 2, p. 814