Thizay
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06175THI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maurice de Thizay
Font Location in Church: Inside, by the entrance to the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 15thC; restored 17th, 19th and 21stC
Church Address: 5 Pl. de l'Église, 37500 Thizay, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D751, 2-3 km W of Chinon, about 55 km WSW of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 484) as a round holy-water stoup plain except for two small human heads at the two front ends. This same source points out (ibid.) that head-motifs are not common in the Touraine area, but that two other examples can be found at Saints-Branchs and Sepmes. Noted and illustrated in Tourainissime [https://tourainissime.blogspot.com/2009/02/thizay.html] [accessed 10 May 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 283504 5227744
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.16756, 0.1433
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 10′ 3.22″ N, 0° 8′ 35.88″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (yellow)
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm
Basin Total Height: 29 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 484)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 484