Brout-Vernet No. 1 / Broût / Broût-Vernet / Vernet-sur-Sioule

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19069BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Mazeran de Broût-Vernet
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mazeran
Church Notes: church originally 12thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093026]: "Eglise du 12e siècle`.
Church Address: 4 place Eglise, 03110 Broût-Vernet, France ["ouvert toute l’année de 10h à 18h"]
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2009, near Escurolles, 15 km NW of Vichy, 40 km N of Clermont-Ferrand
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bourges
Historical Region: Basin de Gannat
Font Notes:
Reported in an oral presentation by Georges de Soultrait to the 21st session of the 1854 Congrès archéologique de France, as one of five Romanesque fonts in the Allier; this one, consists of a quadrangular basin, decorated on one side with three round arches, the other with a zig-zag moulding (only two sides are visible, according to the source].

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.186972, 3.27375
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 11′ 13.1″ N, 3° 16′ 25.5″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: quagrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular

REFERENCES

  • Société française d'archéologie, Congrès archéologique de France (XXIe session, Moulins, France, 1854), Paris: Derache, 1855, p. 119