Aurillac No. 3

INFORMATION

FontID: 08577AUR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Géraud [formerly an abbey church]
Church Patron Saints: St. Gerald of Aurillac
Country Name: France
Location: Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located at the crossroads of the N-122 and N-120, in the Haute-Auvergne
Font Location in Church: At the entrance, on the S side
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Described in Craplet (1992: 139) and in Delpal (1985: 55) as the second of two 12th-century capitals from the old abbey church now used as holy-water on the right [i.e., south] side of the entrance [cf. Index entry for Aurillac No. 2 for the other holy-water stoup and Aurillac No. 1 for a serpentine basin, both from the same period, in this church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: Other (capital)
Basin Exterior Shape: Other (capital)

REFERENCES

Craplet, Bernard, Auvergne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1992
Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985