Cuhon
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BBU01: design element - motifs - knob - 4
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles of the upper basin side
INFORMATION
FontID: 07077CUH
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Hilaire
Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers
Country Name: France
Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Mirebeau, arrondissement de Poitiers
Font Location in Church: At the entrance, wall-mounted
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v. 2: 563) as a hemispherical -rather ovoid- mounted holy-water stoup probably from the original church of the 12th century; it has four knob-like protrusions at 90-degree angles of the upper rim, looking much like a mortar; it is wall-mounted at the entrance by means of an iron ring [Flohic ref.: 86140402]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002