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LID01: design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled
Scene Description: a large one, ornamenting the "backdrop" of the wall-mounted stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 06182THE
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de la Sainte-Trinité
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de l'Île-Bouchard, arrondissement de Chinon
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the south wall
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 622) as a wall-mounted holy-water stoup consisting of a small cylindrical basin and a backdrop ornamented with a trefoil arch; according to this source, it was created in the late Middle Ages when the south wall of the church was renovated. The basin is now badly broken.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Indre-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001