Chapelle sur Loire / La Chapelle-sur-Loire

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06169CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Translation de Saint-Martin à La Chapelle-sur-Loire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church documented 1177; destroyed by a flood in 1450; re-built 17thC; restored 18thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097637]
Church Address: 31 Rue de Tours, 37140 La Chapelle-sur-Loire, France -- Tel.: +33 2 47 97 33 91
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D952, on the N bank of the Loire river, 35-40 km WSW of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Historical Region: Anjou
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 264) as an oval mounted baptismal font of the 17th century made of marble; the inner side of the basin has three wells: the two for the water and the added one for the holy oils, etc. The outer sides are ornamented with ribbed pattern. The base is vase-shaped and plain except for a roll moulding at the upper end Plain flat wooden cover.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 289840 5236486
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.248187, 0.222693
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 14′ 53.47″ N, 0° 13′ 21.7″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round (basin1 and basin2) (with rectangular added well)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain lid

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 264