Tourinnes-la-Grosse

Results: 7 records

BF01: cleric - bishop - seated - with staff

tentative identification
Scene Description: tentative identification
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zodiaque, 1989
Image Source: Barral i Altet (1989: pl. 37) [detail]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

BH01: human figure - head - 4

at 90-degree angles of the upper basin side
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles of the upper basin side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zodiaque, 1989
Image Source: Barral i Altet (1989: pl. 37) [detail]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of font and cover

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zodiaque, 1989
Image Source: Barral i Altet (1989: pl. 37) [detail]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of font and cover in context

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zodiaque, 1989
Image Source: Barral i Altet (1989: pl. 37)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06188TOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S nave, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Brabant Wallon / Wallon Brabant, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located SSE of Louvain
Historical Region: Brabant
Font Notes:
Baptismal font probably of the same date as the choir and transept of this church, the 13th century; it consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with a full figure holding a baculum, seated, perhaps a bishop, on the basin side; there is a deep scotia under the upper rim, interrupted at 90-degree angles by four heads; raised on a plain round pedestal base. Flat metal cover, appears modern. Illustrated in Barral i Altet (1989: pl. 37).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: metal?
Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 623
  • Barral i Altet, Xavier, Belgique romane, et Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1989, pl. 37