Louresse-Rochemenier No. 1 / Varenne
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: ruins of the church destroyed 16thC Religious Wars
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Romain Bréget, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 September 2011 by Romain Bréget [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louresse-Rochemenier_-_Eglise_de_Varenne_1.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 18 September 2019]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06186LOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century?, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Madeleine et Saint-Jean de Varenne [in ruins]
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene & St. John
Church Notes: church documented in the 13thC was destroyed 16thC Religious Wars -- Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00109161] with date in the 14thC
Church Address: Les Varennes, 49700 Louresse-Rochemenier, France
Site Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D177, 6 km N of Doué-la-Fontaine, about 15-20 km W of Saumur
Historical Region: Le Saumirois
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: formerly a mortar; later wall-mounted as a holy-water stoup -- disappeared / destroyed font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 560) as a former mortar recycled as holy-water stoup and wall-mounted by the entrance; one of the handles of the mortar is still part of it. The baptismal font in this church and the matching stoup are both from the 18th century [not listed in this Index]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 705611 5234172
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.228822, -0.283803
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 13′ 43.76″ N, 0° 17′ 1.69″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with handles)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 560