Varen No. 2
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Standing permission
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B01: design element - motifs - interlace
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of stoup
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Juan Antonio Olañeta
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17270VAR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne priorale Sainte-Marie-et-Saint-Pierre [aka Église Saint-Pierre de Varen]
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Peter
Church Notes: church listed in the Mérimée [ref.: PA00095899]: "Le prieuré bénédictin de Varen, mentionné dans un acte de 972, ne fut que tardivement rattaché à l'abbaye d'Aurillac. L'église fut reconstruite par les moines à la fin du 11e siècle."
Church Address: 401 Rue Principale, 82330 Varen, France
Site Location: Tarn-et-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D938, 40 km SW of Villefranche-de-Rouerge
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Montauban
Historical Region: Rouerge
Additional Comments: re-cycled object; the top appears to have been originally a capital
Font Notes:
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This object appears to have been a former capital now raised on a cylindrical column and serving as stoup, table, etc. [cf. Index entry for Varen No. 1 for another listed object in this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 411531 4889995
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.157778, 1.893611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 09′ 28.08″ N, 1° 53′ 37″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square