Champniers nr. Reilhac No. 2 / Champniers-et-Reilhac

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view of stoup in context

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier à l'intérieur de l'église Saint-Paixent de Champniers, Champniers-et-Reilhac, Dordogne, France." [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 25 July 2013 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champniers-Reilhac_église_Champniers_bénitier.JPG] [accessed 18 September 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04974CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Paixent de Champniers près Reilhac
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the right of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paixent
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 15th and 16thC
Church Address: 1899 Rte du Trieux, 24360 Champniers-et-Reilhac, France
Site Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D110, 8 km N of Piegut-Pluviers, 20 km NNE of Nontron, 45-50 km ENE of Angouleme
Font Notes:
On-site notes: a hemispherical basin -now wall-mounted to the right of the entrance- in reddish granite; although hemispherical at first glance, there appear to have some cut panels to it. Its present location looks makeshift and its provenance is unknown. Another stoup, of date unknown, is not listed separately in BSI [cf. ImagesArea]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 323259 5060184
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.672667, 0.730806
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 40′ 21.6″ N, 0° 43′ 50.9″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]