Perouges No. 3 / Pérouges

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Scene Description: the pair of large plain holy-water stoups by the steps of the chancel

INFORMATION

Font ID: 23512PER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Font Location in Church: inside the church, one on each side of the chancel steps
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
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:
A pair of large stoups consisting of octagonal basins with tall chamfered underbowls on octagonal pedestal bases, all plain. [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: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal