Saillant / Chapelle du Saillant / Allassac
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B01: design element - architectural - window - Gothic
Scene Description: a/p description in Lasteyrie (1926-1927)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04769SAI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Le Saillant, which the Lippincott gives as another name for Allassac, is located about 12 km NNW of Brive-la-Gaillarde.
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cast-iron stoup
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Lasteyrie (1925-1926) describes an old rusted metal holy-water stoup located in a modest chapel in his home village, Le Saillant [Allassac]; he describes it as cylindrical in shape, made of cast iron, with two pivot handles and ornamented with High Gothic windows, the only stoup with such ornamentation he could report.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927