Montguillon

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B01: design element - architectural - window - trefoiled

Scene Description: six on each side {unknown what the curved side has]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06194MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Segré, arrondissement de Segré
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1456
Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 1212) as a square mounted baptismal font dated by an inscription to 1456 [the side of the auxiliary basin is somewhat rounded to accommodate the extra volume; the basin has two round wells; each of the outer sides is ornamented with a set of six trefoil windows on each, in two groups of three, like an arcade [the curved side of the basin is not visible in the illustration]. The base consists of five short round shafts, all with octagonal capitals and bases. Two wooden covers, one for each well, one bearing a cross symbol.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: six?
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the upper surface of the basin
Inscription Text: "1456"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 1212)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: one for each of the two round wells

REFERENCES

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