Dorat No. 2 / Le Dorat
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design element - patterns - ribbed
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 5 July 2001 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04073DOR
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-07-05
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église collégiale Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an apse of the N transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Address: rue de la Psalette, 87210 Le Dorat, France
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D942, 12 kms N of Bellac, 77 km SE of Poitiers
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.21417, 1.08194
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 System: centre hole in basin
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-, II B 56