Tusson
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 17497TUS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jacques de Tusson
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: original fabric of the13th-century , but mostly destroyed in the Hundred Year war; re-built in the 15th century -- the nearby Abbaye des Dames [aka Prieuré de Fontevristes Notre-Dame] dates from the 12th century
Church Address: 1 Rte de Ligne, 16140 Tusson, France -- Tel.: +33 5 45 31 70 49
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D736-D61 crossroads, 7 km NE of Aigre, 12-13 km SW of Ruffec
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Font Notes:
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Listed in the Palissy dabase [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [référence IM16002281]: baptismal font of the 12th century made of granite, consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a cylindrical stem and round lower base; basin sides decorated with a blind arcade of round arch-heads, the 'columns' looking like buttresses or piping; moulded lower base;basin has damage that has been repaired with cement. A digital photograph taken 13 June 2023 by Bycro may be seen in Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tusson_(Charente),_église_Saint-Jacques,_fonts_baptismaux,_01.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 272796 5091003
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal