Meymac No. 1

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angel - holding rope

the angel, who has been defaced, holds the rope in both hands; the wings are open and clearly visible to the sides of the damaged head

Scene Description: the angel, who has been defaced, holds the rope in both hands; the wings are open and clearly visible to the sides of the damaged head

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - plant - acanthus

Scene Description: beatifully rendered swan-like acanthus plant by the side of the angel

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - rope

one end of the rope is held by the angel in both hands, and by the left hand of the man on the left; it themn wraps around the latter's neck, with the other end of the rope coming down by his back and side

Scene Description: one end of the rope is held by the angel in both hands, and by the left hand of the man on the left; it themn wraps around the latter's neck, with the other end of the rope coming down by his back and side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

human figure - male - naked - holding another figure with right hand - with rope in left hand

he has his left and on the thick rope that, looped around his head, is being pulled by the angel that is partially visibleon the right side of the image

Scene Description: he has his left and on the thick rope that, looped around his head, is being pulled by the angel that is partially visibleon the right side of the image

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

human figure - naked

Scene Description: being held by the hair/head -- notice the rope around the taller figure's neck

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest end

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - south view

Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-André de Meymac, en France, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-André de Meymac, en France, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum."

Image Source: digital image of a 17thC engraving in Dom Germain's Monasticon Gallicanum, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Saint-André_de_Meymac_dans_Monasticon_Gallicanum.jpg] [accessed 22 February 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD-Art (PD-old-100)

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - crucifix

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM19000492]: "Vierge à l'enfant dite Vierge noire, du 12e siècle. C'est une copie, récente, qui est présentée dans l'église contre le mur du choeur, entre l'abside et l'absidiole nord."

Scene Description: Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM19000492]: "Vierge à l'enfant dite Vierge noire, du 12e siècle. C'est une copie, récente, qui est présentée dans l'église contre le mur du choeur, entre l'abside et l'absidiole nord."

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: undated; very shallow inner basin; now used as Paschal candle holder

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: undated; very shallow inner basin; now used as Paschal candle holder

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: the rough side, probably against the wall originally

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: the re-carved medieval capital on a late base

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup - upper view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 04077MEY

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Ancienne abbatiale Saint-André-et-Saint-Léger

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew & St. Léger

Church Location: rue du Bûcher / av. Limousine, 19250 Meymac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 95 23 30

Country Name: France

Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located on the Plateau de Millevaches, 13 kms W of Ussel

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]

Historical Region: Limousin

Font Location in Church: S side of the W-end narthex

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite

Church Notes: original monastery founded 10thC; present abbey construction started 12thC, completed 13thC -- listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099804] : "L'église est mentionnée dès le 11e siècle dans la charte d'Archambault, vicomte de Ventadour. De cette église primitive subsiste une porte à l'ouest, avec archivoltes renversées." -- Interesting capitals at the western end of the nave; beautiful black Madonna and Child said to be of the 12th century, but looking more like a 16th-century work.

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a former capital now converted into holy-water stoup; it has a scene in which a sword-carrying angel (the source suggests St. Michael), leads a devil who seizes a small human figure (a soul?) by his hair; this ornamentation matches the themes and style of the other capitals in this church [cf. Images area]. On-site notes: the former capital does indeed match those others which can still be seen at the west end of the nave; the capital has one rough side -probably the one originally against the wall- while the others show (L->R): 1)small naked figure (woman?? child?) being held by the hair/head; 2)large naked figure (ribs prominent) holds the previous figure with his left hand, while the right hand holds what appears to be a thick rope which loops around his neck; 3)an angel with large wings appears to hold the other end of the rope, the head; to his left side, a vertical acanthus vine. The problem with the "St. Michael leading the devil..." reading of the scene is that the angel has no sword, the tall figure holding the object, whether rope or snake, or both. The inside well of the stoup is rectangular. The formar capital now stands on a late, baluster-shaped square pedestal. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM19000269]: "Saint Michel tient un homme par une grosse corde tandis que les griffes du diable le saisissent par le corps ; l'homme entraîne dans sa chute une femme qu'il tient par les cheveux [...] 12e siècle".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.5352, 2.1481

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 32′ 6.72″ N, 2° 8′ 53.16″ E

UTM: 31T 433485 5042760

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (red)

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: capital

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Rim Thickness: 6-10 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 23 x 41 cm*

Basin Depth: 16 cm*

Basin Total Height: 67 cm* / 65 cm**

Height of Base: 40 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 37 x 61 cm* / 40 x 62 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Palissy [ref.: PM19000269]

REFERENCES

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