This unusual Romanesque font consists of a heavy, marble bowl carved with large, stylised leaf motifs rising from the base of each face.1 The carving—broad, deeply incised, and rhythmically symmetrical—is characteristic of 12th-century vegetal ornament, combining elements of the acanthus and palmette in a strongly schematic Romanesque manner. The bowl’s octagonal plan and deeply undercut foliage suggest it may originally have been part of a larger architectural element, possibly a re-purposed capital or impost block later adapted for baptismal use—a practice well attested in medieval France.

The basin is set on a later pedestal, composed of a vertical octagonal shaft sheathed in coloured marble veneer (likely 17th–18th century) over a rougher inner core, all resting on a circular stone base. This composite structure reflects the long history of re-use and adaptation typical of many rural French churches, where older sacred furnishings were periodically repaired, stabilised, or re-mounted.

To one side stands a smaller, earlier auxiliary stoup or bénitier, heavily repainted and worn, which may also have medieval origins.

Although the church itself was much altered in later centuries, the bowl of the font remains a fine example of Romanesque sculptural foliage in the Sologne region—vigorous, abstracted, and expressive—demonstrating both the durability of marble and the continuity of liturgical use across many periods.

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