Perouges No. 2 / Pérouges

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier (1406) provenant de l'église Saint-Etienne de Montluel"

view of church exterior - portal - ruins

Scene Description: this portal is all that remains of the outer church of Saint-Etienne de Montluel

view of stoup

view of stoup

INFORMATION

FontID: 23511PER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Church Location: Place de l'église, Porte d'En-Haut, 01800 Pérouges, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off the D4, just W of Meximieux, 30-35 km NE of Lyon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Belley-Ars
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Pérouges
Date: 1406
Century and Period: 15th century (early), Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info/zdutchfonts.htm] for his photographs of this stoup
Church Notes: church at Montluel documented in the 11thC
Stone hemispherical holy-water stoup of 1406 originally from the église Saint-Etienne de Montluel. [NB: only the portal remains from the old church of Montluel]. [cf. other BSI entries for Perouges for a number of listed objects in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.903670, 5.178366
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 54' 13.2" N, 5° 10' 42.1" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: [transcription not available]