Saint-Pierre-les-Nemours No. 2 / Saint Pierre lès Nemours / St-Pierre-lès-Nemours
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B01: coat of arms - unidentified
INFORMATION
FontID: 09511PIE
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste [originally from the Abbaye de la Joye]
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located across the canal (W side) from Nemours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Cognate Fonts: another such in the same church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
One of two early holy-water stoups decorated with heraldic motifs ["deux anciens bénitiers armoriés"] originally from the Abbaye de la Joye [source: Patrimoine de Saint Pierre lès Nemours: www.mairie-stpierrelesnemours.fr] [cf. Index entry for St. Pierre lès Nemours Nos. 3 for another such, and No. 1 for the 1640 baptismal font of the same provenance and now in this church as well]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone