Nouziers No. 1

Results: 5 records

animal

view of church exterior - south portal in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Markus3 (Marc Roussell), 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2008 by Markus3 (Marc Roussell) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nouziers_église_(façade_Sud)_détail_1.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 23 February 2017]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2015 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nouziers_PM_092805_F.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 23 February 2017]

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view of church exterior - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean Faucheux, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 March 2011 by Jean Faucheux [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Nouziers_(Creuse).JPG?uselang=fr] [accessed 23 February 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: with the stoup (?) near the south entranceway into the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Markus3 (Marc Roussell), 2008

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 August 2008 by Markus3 (Marc Roussell) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nouziers_église_(intérieur_nef)_1.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 23 February 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04082NOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge [aka Notre-Dame de Nouriers]
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: 23350 Nouziers, France
Country Name: France
Location: Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D2-D56 crossroads, 20 kms S of La Châtre, 26 kms N of Guéret, in the N part of the departement, border with Indre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: , Romanesque
Church Notes: late-11thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100125]: "Monument de la fin du 11e siècle, ancien prieuré cistercien, de dimensions inhabituelles à cette époque."
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a former Romanesque capital now converted into baptismal font; it is ornamented with animals. The entry for Nouziers in the Pays de Gueret web site reports a font and a stoup both made out of original capitals: "chapiteau archaïque, à animaux affrontés tournant la tête, retaillé et transformé en fonts baptismaux ; un bénitier en granit paraissant être aussi un ancien chapiteau"

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.421722, 1.9575
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 25′ 18.2″ N, 1° 57′ 27″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

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