Saint-Estephe No. 2 / Saint-Estèphe / St-Estephe / St-Estèphe / Roullet-St-Estèphe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09026EST
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Estèphe
Font Location in Church: Located now [ca. 1940] outside the church, in the public square; earlier it was located near the baptismal font itself
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: church of the late 11th century, modified in the 12th and 13th; indexed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104477]
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the D-424, 1.5 km W of Roullet, with which now shares the jurisdiction, about 15 km SW of Angoulême
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: now [ca. 1940] an ornament in the public square
Font Notes:
Described in Ranquet (1940): a barrel-shaped object that used to be next to the baptismal font in this church [cf. Index entry for St-Estèphe No. 1] but was later moved outside, to the public square. Ranquet describes how the exterior of this stoup has been carved to imitate the staves and metal rings of a wooden barrel, even to a false hole on the side to resemble that of a barrel [the actual drain whole is on the bottom end of the stoup. According to Ranquet (ibid.) this stoup is made from the same stone as two measures dated to the 16th century that served to collect the tithes, one for grain/dry goods, the other for liquids, and therefore suggests the same date for the former stoup.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 267091 5051665
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.5795, 0.0146
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 34′ 46.2″ N, 0° 0′ 52.56″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: barrel-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole on the bottom
Drainage Notes: [cf. Font notes for details]
Diameter (includes rim): 53 cm
Height of Basin Side: 53 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 53 cm
Notes on Measurements: Ranquet (1940: 10)

REFERENCES

  • Ranquet, E. du, "Saint-Estèphe", 1940, Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société Archéologique et Historique de la Charente, 1940, pp. 3-30; p. 10