Perouges No. 4 / Pérouges
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Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23513PER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
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
Additional Comments: composite stoup?
Font Notes:
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A plain, round, roughly hemispherical basin raised on what appears to be the stump of a column decorated with striated sides; presumably a holy-water stoup, or used as one; a composite object [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: round, mounted