Veigne / Veigné

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06159VEI
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: mortar or grain measure
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maixent de Veigné
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maixant [aka Maixent]
Church Notes: church documented 12thC; modified 1873 -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098273]
Church Address: 3 Pl. du Maréchal Leclerc, 37250 Veigné, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D50, 10-11 km S of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: recycled stoup?: originally a mortar or a grain measure -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 931) as a cauldron-shaped holy-water stoup with four handles or protrusions at 90-degree angles on the upper basin sides, one of which has been hollowed out as if for pouring; it is made of granite and it was most likely a mortar or a grain measure originally. It is raised on a plain cylindrical base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 328853 5239620
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.2877, 0.7366
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 17′ 15.72″ N, 0° 44′ 11.76″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with four protrusions)
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 931)