Leignes-sur-Fontaine No. 2

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inscription

on two of the visible sides here
Scene Description: on two of the visible sides here

view of stoup

Font image

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07703LEI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [altered stoup], Late Romanesque [stoup]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: re-carved by the abbé Olivier Siret
Cognate Fonts: another such on the opposite side of the entrance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancien prieuré] Saint-Hilaire de Leignes-sur-Fontaine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [on the right side of the entrance?]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hilary of Poitiers
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [PA00105489]: "Eglise romane [...] Murs et fenêtres doivent dater du 12e siècle. Les seuls éléments sculptés sont les chapiteaux des quatre angles de la croisée. L'édifice a été restauré sous Louis XIII. Les murs conservent la trace d'inscriptions gravées au 17e siècle. Elles font principalement allusion à la ruine de l'édifice par les Protestants en 1567 et à sa restauration en 1613"
Church Address: 11 Pl. de l'Église, 86300 Leignes-sur-Fontaine, France
Site Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D115, 15 km SE of Chauvigny, about 35 km ESE of Poitiers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Poitiers
Additional Comments: altered / recycled stoup (12thC(?) stoup; recarved in the 17thC)
Font Notes:
Listed in Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM86000232] [NB: the entry contans the references to images of the two stoups in this church. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA086_20238601041]. Mentioned in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v.1: 154) as one of two holy-water stoups, originally from the 12th century (?) but finished with ornamentation in the 17th century by the local abbé Olivier Siret; no other information is given in the source about this one, on the right side as one enters the nave. This stoup is monolithic polygonal [hexagonal?] tapering towards the bottom; the inner well is round; of the three visible sides in the source two of them are inscribed, one of the sides bearing a shield-like symbol above the inscription, the next side to the right with a Maltese cross at the top. [NB: the other stoup in this church -of which we have more information- is entered in this Index as Leignes-sur-Fontaine No. 1]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 329503 5152635
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.505692, 0.77776
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 30′ 20.49″ N, 0° 46′ 39.94″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hexagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on two sides of the basin
Inscription Text: 1) "AqVA / bNEdICT" [some letters reversed] 2) "+ IESVS / XPS-FIL[?] / DEI-VI[?] / MISE[?]"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea"

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 154