Saint-Bauld / Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06158BAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Bauld de Saint-Bauld
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bauld [aka Baudin, Bauld [6thC bishop; relics in Loches]
Church Notes: 11thC church; modified 15thC
Church Address: 37310 Tauxigny-Saint-Bauld, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D21, 11-12 km NW of Loches, 25-30 km SE of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from te 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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?]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 336168 5227436
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.18001, 0.83773
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 10′ 48.04″ N, 0° 50′ 15.83″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: quatrefoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoil
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, vol. 2, p. 852