Saintes No. 2

Results: 8 records

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B01: Christ - monogram - IHS - in a cartouche

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

BH01: angel - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

BH02: angel - head

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

information

Image Source: field notes taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

view of stoup - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

view of stoup - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 June 2011 by Baptisteria Sacra Index

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: this area of the original transept is now at the west end of the church

INFORMATION

FontID: 17495SAI

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise priorale Saint-Eutrope [aka Basilique Saint-Eutrope -- since 1886]

Church Patron Saints: St. Eutrope (d. 475; bishop of Orange?)

Country Name: France

Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located on the left bank of the Charente river, off the A10, 33 km NE of Royan, 60 km E of La Rochelle, 100 km N of Bordeaux

Historical Region: Saintonge

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the transept, N side

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in the Palissy database [référence PM17000512] as a holy-water stoup probably from the old Jesuit college in this town; the suggested date given in Palissy is the 17th-18th century. On-site notes: the basin front has a cartouche with "HIS" in it; much damage to the basin sides; the local guide informed us that most of the damage to the stoup had been done recently -only a few years ago- and he actually found several pieces of it, including one of the angle heads, on the ground next to the stoup at the time. It consists of a basin that is oval-rectangular on the outside, with heads at the angles, the inner well oval-shaped as well and lead-lined.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.7434, -0.6414

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 44′ 36.24″N, 0° 38′ 29.04″W

UTM: 30T 684091 5068594

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: oval (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: oval

Basin Exterior Shape: oval

Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm [max.]

Basin Total Height: 36 cm

Height of Central Column: 72 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: initials

Inscription Text: "IHS"