Saint-Paulien

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B01: design element - motifs - zigzag

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 07595PAU
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located on the D906, 15 km NW of Le Puy en Velay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Described in Guerra (1986 c1978: 193) as a holy-water stoup ornamented with the wave lines or zigzag motif that symbolises water. This refrence also in Bilbao (1994: 34)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Bilbao López, Garbiñe, Simbolismo e Iconografía Bautismal en el Arte medieval Alavés, 1994
Guerra, Manuel, Simbología románica: el cristianismo y otras religiones en el arte románico, Madrid: Fundación Universitaria Española, 1986, c1978