Ingrandes No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 07706ING
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: France
Location: Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Dangé-Saint-Romain, arrondissement de Châtellerault
Font Location in Church: At the entrance, wall-mounted on the third column
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne (2002, v.1: 265) as a medieval wall-mounted holy-water stoup; it is square in shape but the basin well is most uncharacteristic, carved like an eight-point star [see also the Index entry for Ingrandes No. 1 for the strange-looking baptismal font in this same church]. [Flohic ref.: 86070306]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: star-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Vienne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002