Roche-Clermault / La Roche-Clermault
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view of church exterior - northwest end
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view of font
Scene Description: said to be a re-cycled Gallo-Roman object made of sandstone of local extraction, a very hard stone used in this area for foundations, sarcophagi, etc., for its resistance to humidity and ware.
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INFORMATION
FontID: 06174ROC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Tours
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 21 route de Loudun, 37500 La Roche-Clermault, France
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D759-D761 crossroads, 8-9 km SW of Chinon, 20-25 km NE of Loudun, 20-22 ESE of Saumur, 45-50 SW of Touts
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Font Location in Church: At the entrance, in the 'caquetoire', a lateral gallery
Century and Period: 4th - 5th century or 12th - 14th century, Gallo-Roman? / Medieval?
Church Notes: original church 11th-12thC; modified 13th, 15thC -- Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098040]
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 12th-century baptismal font. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 473) as a rather shallow rectangular basin mounted on an octagonal pyramidal base. It does not match any of the more standard shapes of baptismal fonts; an inscription on the wall near it informs that the font is believed to go back to Gallo-Roman times. The stone is identified in this same source as a yellowish sandstone of local extraction, a very hard stone used in this area for foundations, sarcophagi, etc., for its resistance to humidity and ware.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
47.1384,
0.1954
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
47° 8′ 18.24″ N,
0° 11′ 43.44″ E
UTM: 31T 287336 5224361
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone (yellow)
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 74 x 78.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Measurements given as "45 x 74 x 78,5 cm" in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 473)
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001
