Solignac No. 3 / Solemniacum

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FontID: 04087SOL
Church/Chapel: Eglise abbatiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: rue de l'Abbaye, 87110 Solignac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 00 42 31
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the C2-C19-D32 crossroads, 10 km S of Limoges
Font Location in Church: At the west end, south side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: Cf. Index entries under Solignac for other objects in this church
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a one of two Romanesque holy-water stoups located at the side of the entrance to the church . On-site notes: two large font-like objects have been placed in the southwest corner of the church, one of them, this one, a little away from the corner itself. [The one right at the angle against the wall is entered in the Index as Solignac No. 2]. It has all the makings of a well-head and it may have existed inside the old abbey or, more liekely, been brought in from the cloister or even outside the abbes altogether. There are two drain holes on the ground [cf. Images area] at either end of the west end and there must have been two stoups or fonts draining their holy water there at some point. Was this ever used as a baptismal font? In this case the marks on the upper side of the rim could be explained as being part of the water-pulling mechanism, but they are too small for that and look too much like the usual lid staples. Other churches have used old mortars and the like. Paradoxically, the present day church makes do with a copper kettle -resembling those used by the sugar almond makers in country fairs- for its baptismal needs [Quel dommage!]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.75472, 1.27528
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 45′ 16.99″ N, 1° 16′ 31.01″ E
UTM: 31T 365862 5068242

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: the whole bottom is open, as a well-head would
Rim Thickness: 13-16 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 57-60 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 86-89 cm
Basin Depth: 78 cm
Basin Total Height: 60 cm
Height of Base: 18 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

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