Puy-d'Arnac / Le Puy-d'Arnac
Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Jadis entourée d’un vaste cimetière, l’église romane a été maintes fois remaniée."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 3 March 2017]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lili, la sonneuse de cloches", in 2001 -- the font (?) partially visible in the bottom right corner could be 17thC or later
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JF Perrier, 2001
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 3 September 2001 by JF Perrier [http://jf.perrier.free.fr/home/puy/data/lili/img0530.jpg] [accessed 3 March 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 02526CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Etienne
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 19120 Le Puy-d'Arnac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located WNW of Nonards, SE of Brive-la-Gaillarde, S of Tulle,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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A stone font or stoup is located inside this church, beneath the bell tower; it has a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a broad ribbed pattern; it could be 17th-century or later [NB: we have no information on the font of the Romanesque church here].
REFERENCES
Chastel, André, Histoire générale des Églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, France: Robert Laffont, 1966