Bussiere-Boffy No. 1 / Bussiéra Bòufin / Bussière-Boffy

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view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: edited detail of a digital image of a 2002 phototype argentique [20088700040ZA] by the Ministère de la culture, direction régionale des affaires culturelles du Limousin, service de l'archéologie, in Mémoire [ref.: ARR74_20088700040] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/ARR74_20088700040] [accessed 20 July 2022]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04070BUS

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Église de l'Assomption / Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge de Bussière-Boffy

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Notes: 13thC church with many later modifications -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100261]: "13e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 17e siècle"

Church Address: Place Notre-Dame [formerly Place de l'Eglise], 87330 Val-d'Issoire, France

Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of local roads D5. 48. 62 and D238, 15 km W of Bellac, about 50 km NW of Limoges

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges

Historical Region: Limousin

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a Romanesque granite baptismal font; it is polygonal on the outside with a round basin well.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 333953 5101931

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.050800, 0.853610

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 3' 2.9" N, 0° 51' 13.0" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: polygonal

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II B 29