Brie / Brie-La-Rochefoucauld / Frauds

Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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design element - motifs - flat moulding
design element - patterns - ribbed
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view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior - west façade
INFORMATION
FontID: 21559BRI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Médard de Brie
Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus]
Church Location: 16590 Brie, France
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D91-D338 crossroads, NE of Champniers, NE of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Angoumois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Late Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his information and photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: church here documented 1110
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in Michel Claveyrolas: "Font baptismaux. Bien qu'ils ne soient pas mentionnés dans les ouvrages que nous avons consultés, ces fonts baptismaux présentent assez de ressemblances avec de nombreux autres fonts baptismaux romans charentais pour mériter une place dans cet inventaire. Il s'agit d'une cuve à peu près hémispherique ornée de godrons obtenus par incision. Au-dessus, la margelle, légèrement saillante par rapport aux godrons, est parcourue à l'intérieur par une fine incision." The general shape and the ribbed pattern decoration on the basin suggest a late date in the medieval period, not corresponding to the early-12th century date of the church fabric. No font cover present.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 285392 5068673
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round