Loupchat

INFORMATION

FontID: 17292LOU
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Lot, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located in the 'pays martelais', 3 km N of Martel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: Medieval
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Penaud-Requier & Penaud (2010): crude [early?] holy-water stoup consisting of a round [may be square with rounded angles] basin with plain tapering sides, raised on a round to square pedestal base [NB: the church goes back to the early 12th century, but we have no information on its medieval font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

REFERENCES

Penaud-Requier, Jeanne, Eglises romanes en Pays Martelais, Aurillac (Cantal): ARPPM, 2010