Villegongis

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B01: design element - motifs - vine

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 15937VIL
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Country Name: France
Location: Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton of Levroux, arrondissement de Châteauroux, 8 km from Levroux, 19 km from Châteauroux
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Noted in René Pécherat (2009) as a capital hollowed now be used as baptismal font in the church at Villegongis; it is suggested that the capital came originally from the Abbaye de Déols. The sides of the capital are decorated with a twisting vine.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 393120 5196582

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

L'abbaye Notre-Dame de Déols (Indre), Tours: Lancosme, 2009