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

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Source caption: "Bénitier à l'intérieur de l'église Saint-Paixent de Champniers, Champniers-et-Reilhac, Dordogne, France." [cf. FontNotes]

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier à l'intérieur de l'église Saint-Paixent de Champniers, Champniers-et-Reilhac, Dordogne, France." [cf. FontNotes]

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

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 04974CHA

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Paixent de Champniers près Reilhac

Church Patron Saints: St. Paixent

Church Location: 1899 Rte du Trieux, 24360 Champniers-et-Reilhac, France

Country Name: France

Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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 Location in Church: Inside the church, to the right of the entrance

Century and Period: Medieval

Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 15th and 16thC

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.672667, 0.730806

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 40′ 21.6″ N, 0° 43′ 50.9″ E

UTM: 31T 323259 5060184

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]