Villandry No. 2
Results: 3 records
design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arch heads
Scene Description: seen here on the left side of the basin
design element - motifs - saltire of X-motif
Scene Description: seen here on the right side of basin
view of font
Scene Description: obviously disused now
INFORMATION
FontID: 25674VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1 (basin only)
Church/Chapel: Eglise paoissiales Saint-Étienne de Villandry
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 11 Rue de la Mairie, 37510 Villandry, France
Country Name: France
Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D121 [aka rue de la Mairie], on the S bank of the Cher and the Loire rivers, 15+ km W of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Historical Region: Centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 15th century [basin only], Medieval [basin only]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it. We are also grateful to We are grateful to Eric Monnier-Couedor [https://photos-eglises.fr] for his photographs of this church and fonts
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church; modified 16thC -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00098287]: "L'église se compose d'un choeur du 12e siècle, ajusté à une nef qui peut être antérieure au 10e siècle. L'axe de la nef ne coïncide pas avec celui du choeur. Le portail d'entrée, à l'ouest, est de construction moderne."
Font Notes:
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Standing in the little enclusre where the baptismal font in use in thei church [cf. BSI entry for Villandry No. 1] are two objects of interest: one of them is a square basin of a stone baptismal font, decorated with a blind arcade on one side, a large saltire or X-motif on another; a metal cinch is used to reinforce the cracked sides; one side show an exterior drain hole which suggests the re-purposing of the basin as a planter or trough; it stands on a squat polygonal base with four very short round legs; no cover present. The other object in the enclosure is a cylindrical basin, rather small, as one would expect from a holy-water stoup, but with a central drain.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.3398, 0.5118
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 20′ 23.28″ N, 0° 30′ 42.48″ E
UTM: 31T 312041 5245928
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining