Coulonges nr. Saint-Amant / Coulonges-Thouarsais
Image copyright © Jack ma, 2016
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: the old disused font partially visible in the lower left corner of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jack ma, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2016 by Jack ma [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coulonges_eg3.JPG] [accessed 9 December 2017]
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view of church exterior - west façade
![the disused font is discernible by the left [north] side of the west portal](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1171209004_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the disused font is discernible by the left [north] side of the west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rosier, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2008 by rosier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coulonges1.1.JPG] [accessed 9 December 2017]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 Apri 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: Text by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Text and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21564COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Coulonges
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, on the N side of the W portal
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 12thC church of the former 'commanderie des Templiers' of Coulonges
Church Address: 2 Rue de l'Église, 79330 Coulonges-Thouarsais, France -- Tel.: +33 5 49 96 49 04
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D360, 5 km NW of Saint-Amant, 9 km S of Aigre, 22 km N of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Angoumois
Font Notes:
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Michel Claveyras writes: "A l'extérieur de l'église, à côté du portail, se trouve une cuve octogonale qui constituait très vraisemblablement les fonts baptismaux. Les angles et le sommet sont adoucis en tore. Il n'y a aucun autre décor." The now disused font is octagonal with vertical sides; it shows considerable damage to the upper rim, the most common damage to old fonts, damage probably caused by an anchoring for an old cover. The object, which is used outside the church as a decorative planter, on the north side of the west portal, is very weathered, covered in moss and lichens.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 274097 5079632
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.8297, 0.1182
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 49′ 59″ N, 0° 5′ 27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal