Huille / Huillé / Huillé-Lézigné
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06187HOU
Object Type: Stoup, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne chapelle Sainte-Catherine [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: Now located at 22, rue Pierre-Le-Loyer, Huillé
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine, Katharine]
Church Address: 49430 Huillé-Lézigné, France
Site Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D68-D135 crossroads, 6 km SW of Durtal, about 30 km NE of Angers
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 603) as a the bottom fragment of a 16th-century holy-water stoup, the only vestige of the now disappeared chapel of Sainte-Catherine. According to this same source, the fragment was found in a private garden near the road Huillé to Baracé.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 702432 5280723
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one [fragment]
Font Shape: hemispheric?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
Diameter (includes rim): 29 cm [fragment]
Basin Total Height: 17 cm [fragment]
Notes on Measurements: Measurements of the surviving fragment (Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 1: 603))
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 603