Saint-Martin-du-Fouilloux No. 2 / St-Martin-du-Fouilloux

INFORMATION

FontID: 06193MAR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin [orig. from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, arrondissement d'Angres
Font Location in Church: In the interior of the porch, on the left side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: A second stoup on the opposite side of the porche
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 1100) as one of a pair of Romanesque holy-water stoups located at the entrance of the new church; they are originally from the old Romanesque church; the are rather shallow, with rounded sides, and ball motif at the visible corners. [NB: only one is illustrated in this source]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001