Dorat No. 2 / Le Dorat

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin's top

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 July 2001 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 04073DOR

Church/Chapel: Eglise collégiale Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad vincula

Church Location: rue de la Psalette, 87210 Le Dorat, France

Country Name: France

Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off the D942, 12 kms N of Bellac, 77 km SE of Poitiers

Historical Region: Limousin

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an apse of the N transept

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) simply as a granit stoup with ribbed sides. On-site notes: this object is just too large and deep to have been originally meant as a stoup; it was probably the font used for baptism in the church; the font appears to be 12th or 13th century and large enough to have handled adult baptizands, and its basin sides are ornamented with a high-relief ribbed pattern. [cf. Index entry for Le Dorat Nos. 1 & 3 for the other baptismal font and a stoup listed for this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.21417, 1.08194

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 12′ 51.01″ N, 1° 4′ 54.98″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: tub-shaped (round)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: the hole appears to have been sealed

Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 80-81 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 101-112 cm*

Basin Depth: 42 cm*

Height of Base: 30 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 83 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: there are clear patched holes showing the location of the original cover staples

REFERENCES

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