Saint-Laurent-de-Lin / St-Laurent-de-Lin

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B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: large leaves all around the basin sides

INFORMATION

FontID: 06172LAU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located in te candon de Château-la-Vallière, arrondissement de Tours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [re-carved in the 15th century?], Medieval [altered?]
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 360) as a former Romanesque square capital now used as a holy-water stoup; it consists of two parts: a square basin ornamented with large leaves, and a plain cylindrical base to which it is now cemented. This source (ibid.) suggests that the transformation may have been carried out in the 15th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, tuffa stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

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