Uzerche No. 1 / Usercha
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human figure - head
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view of basin - upper view
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view of church exterior - plaque
Scene Description: Boson II (?), a nobleman of Provence and possibly 2nd abbot of the abbey here
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view of church exterior - plaque - detail
Scene Description: Boson II (?), a nobleman of Provence and possibly 2nd abbot of the abbey here
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior - apse - detail
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of church interior - apse - detail
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view of church interior - apse - capital
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: in a corner, against the wall, on the west side of the south door
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03737UZE
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-06-28
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église parossiale Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W side of the S doorway into the crossing
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church here by the 6thC; destroyed by Vikings 860; present church 12thC; re-built early 14thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099947]: "Une église est mentionnée dans la commune dès le 6e siècle. Vers l'an 760, Pépin le Bref fait réparer l'église, élever une forteresse et fonder un monastère. En 860, l'ensemble est détruit par les Normands. L'église et le monastère sont rétablis vers 980. En 1028, le monastère et l'église sont ravagés par un incendie et restaurés peu après par les religieux. Vers 1312, l'église prend son aspect actuel, en conservant quelques éléments anciens. Le monastère est détruit au 15e siècle et l'église ravagée. En 1747, l'ancien monastère est remplacé par une collégiale. L'église est affectée au chapitre à cette époque, puis à la paroisse en 1801."
Church Address: 19140 Uzerche, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D3-D920 crossroads, NW of Tulle, about 50 kms SE of Limoges down the A20/E09
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: one of three in the same church, Saint-Pierre, Uzerche, formerly Romanesque capitals
Font Notes:
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Listed in the Phaidon guide (France, 1985, p. 745) as one of three capitals "converted into holy-water stoups", this one, "decorated with human heads and lions". [cf. Index entries for Uzerche Nos. 2 & 3]. Enlart (1902, p. 784 footnote 3) lists recycled "Chapiteaux romans" but does not specify how many or details of ornamentation. Lasteyrie (1929), probably after Enlart, just mentions one such converted capital in the church of Uzerche. On-site notes: this capital stands in now in a corner, against the wall, on the west side of the south door. It is quite large and very eroded, although faces or heads can be made out at the corners. The church was being heavily restored at the time of our visit [June 2001]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.4247, 1.56377
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 25′ 28.92″ N, 1° 33′ 49.57″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 6-20 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 51-52 cm
Basin Depth: 11 cm
Basin Total Height: 68 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 68 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 62 x 63 cm (at the top)
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 784 footnote 3
- Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque romane (2e éd., avec une bibliographie critique par Marcel Aubert), Paris: A. Picard, 1929, p. 711
- Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 745