Ruffec No. 4 / Roffiaco / Rolfiacus / Rouffiac / Ruffiaco / Ruffiacum / Rufiaco
Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: by the south entranceway, west side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20056RUF
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-André
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the W side of the S doorway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Address: 16700 Ruffec, France
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N10, 36 km W of Confolens, 42 km N of Angoulême, 63 km S of Poitiers.
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Poitiers]
Font Notes:
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A rendered holy-water stoup by the south doorway; it consists of a fairly large plain cylindrical basin raised on a polygonal pedestal base with stops on the lower end that make the bottom square.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 283307 5101126
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining