Launay-Bidault / St-Jean-sur-Indre

INFORMATION

FontID: 06449LAU
Church/Chapel: [found at la chapelle de Launay-Bidault]
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Historical Region: Touraine
Font Location in Church: [the stoup was found at the site of the old chapel]
Described and illustrated on Jacquet (2002: pl. VIII and caption) as a holy-water stoup found at the site of the chapel at Launay-Bidault, in Touraine by "monsieur Lampereux" (the reference is credited to J. Schöenstein-Montoux). The illustration shows a shallow cylindrical stone basin with badly-worn protrusions at 90-degree angles that may have been heads or other motifs. [NB: the source studies Templar- and Hospitaler-related sites in the Touraine]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Jacquet, Alain, Templiers et hospitaliers en Touraine: sur les traces des moines chevaliers, 1193-2001, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire: Alan Sutton, 2002