Saint-Bauld / St-Bauld

INFORMATION

FontID: 06158BAU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Bauld

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: Inside the church

Century and Period: Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 852) as a tetra-lobed or cruciform basin mounted on a cylindrical base; a pyramidal wooden cover remains. A round holy-water stoup is mounted on the same plinth. It is not clear whether or not these two objects are related [perhaps two parts of a double-font?]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: cruciform (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: cruciform

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: the cover appears about a foot tall, painted

REFERENCES

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