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
Font ID: 23511PER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1406
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church at Pérouges
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Previous Font Location(s): église Saint-Etienne de Montluel
Church Notes: church at Montluel documented in the 11thC
Church Address: Place de l'église, Porte d'En-Haut, 01800 Pérouges, France
Site Location: Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D4, just W of Meximieux, 30-35 km NE of Lyon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Belley-Ars
Font Notes:
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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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg [www.romanicoportugal.info/zdutchfonts.htm] for his photographs of this stoup
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.903670, 5.178366
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 Location: on the side of the basin
Inscription Text: [transcription not available]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]