Eymoutiers
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04074EYM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église collégiale Saint-Étienne d'Eymoutiers
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100306]: "Eglise du 12e siècle, remaniée aux 13e et 14e siècles."
Church Address: 10 Rue de la Collégiale, 87120 Eymoutiers, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 69 10 21
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D940, about 40 kms ESE of Limoges
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a Flamboyant-style baptismal font mounted on a hexagonal sculpted base. Two 18th-century holy-water stoups are listed in Palissy [ref.: PM87000954] for this church, but the font is not.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 402320 5065805
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.7389, 1.7444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 44′ 20.04″ N, 1° 44′ 39.84″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: pedestal font
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II B 60