Nouatre / Nouâtre

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06163NOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église abbatiale Saint-Jean de Noyers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 18thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097900]
Church Address: rue de l'Église, 37800 Nouâtre, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D109, on the E bank of the Vienne river and across from the D18, about 10 km SSW of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, about 50 km SSW of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 1231) as the original baptismal font from the Romanesque abbey church of St-Jean; it consists of a large tub-shaped unmounted basin with a top square plan but round, and narrower, at the bottom; attached to it is a very small capital-like auxiliary basin mounted on a cylindrical shaft; it is now secured to the larger basin by an iron staple; both basins have some ornamentation on the outer sides: the main basin has a few geometrical motifs (large zig-zag lines) and a few fluted low-reliefs; the small basin has water-leaf decoration. The font is noted and illustrated in Tourainissime [https://tourainissime.blogspot.com/2009/04/nouatre.html [accessed 10 May 2025]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 313750 5212007
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.035334, 0.5485
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 2′ 7.2″ N, 0° 32′ 54.6″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: tub-shaped (basin1), square (basin2)
Basin Interior Shape: round (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: square top and round bottom (both basins)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: the larger basin appears to have a flat wooden lid; flat, plain and round; old

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 1231