Tavant
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptistère roman [...] contemporain de l'église"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brunodumaine, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2019 by Brunodumaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_romane_Tavant_02.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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animal - mammal - ram - 4
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brunodumaine, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2019 by Brunodumaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_romane_Tavant_02.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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design element - patterns - lobed
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brunodumaine, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2019 by Brunodumaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_romane_Tavant_02.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Nicolas de Tavant (37). Flanc sud et chevet."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 10 August 2015 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tavant_(37)_Église_Saint-Nicolas_03.JPG] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tavant - Église Saint-Nicolas - Portail"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 20 July 2005 by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tavant_-_Église_Saint-Nicolas_-2.JPG] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: " Tavant im Département Indre-et-Loire/Frankreich - Dorfkirche Saint-Nicolas."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manfred Heyde, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 22 May 2009 by Manfred Heyde [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tavant01.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church interior - chancel arch - south side - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tavant - Église Saint-Nicolas - Chapiteau du choeur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph 20 July 2005 by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tavant_-_Église_Saint-Nicolas_-8.JPG] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "peinture murale du chœur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brunodumaine, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2019 by Brunodumaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_romane_Tavant_02.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "peinture murale du chœur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brunodumaine, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2019 by Brunodumaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_romane_Tavant_01.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church interior - chancel - ceiling - painting - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Tavant im Département Indre-et-Loire/Frankreich - Dorfkirche Saint-Nicolas, Ausmalung der Apsis."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manfred Heyde. 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 22 May 2009 by Manfred Heyde [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tavant03.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Nef et chœur surélevé"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Brunodumaine, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 7 June 2019 by Brunodumaine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_romane_Tavant_03.jpg] [accessed 17 September 2022]
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design element - patterns - concave
![appears to be all around; re-carving? [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: appears to be all around; re-carving? [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norbert Breton / Premier Millénaire, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph August 2005 by Norbert Breton, in Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_6_25_tavant.html] [accessed 17 September 2022]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norbert Breton / Premier Millénaire, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph August 2005 by Norbert Breton, in Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_6_25_tavant.html] [accessed 17 September 2022]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06181TAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: The font at Avon-les-Roches, iin this same region, is of a similar design but has human heads
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098123]: -- There are some interesting historiated and/or figured capitals in the choir and transept of this church
Church Address: rue Saint-Nicolas, 37220 Tavant, France -- Tel.: +33 9 72 30 69 94
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D760 [aka rue Grande], on the S bank of the Vienne river, about 30 km SW of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: altered font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 618) as a bucket-shaped basin mounted on a plain cylindrical base; the upper basin sides are ornamented with four heads -identified in this source as rams- at 90-degree angles; the basin inner well is multilobed, as are some of the gaps of the outer upper rim, between the heads [NB: the multi-lobe carving may have been a later alteration if the font is, as claimed, 11th- or 12th-century]. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 301958 5222352
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.1249, 0.3889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 7′ 29.64″ N, 0° 23′ 20.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: tub-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 618