Meymac No. 2

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: stylised foliage motif on three of the basin sides; some of it resembles squat columns with large capitals

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: the baluster-shaped base is modern

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: why does a stoup have a drain hole? [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05055MEY

Church/Chapel: Ancienne abbatiale Saint-André-et-Saint-Léger

Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew & St. Leger

Church Location: rue du Bûcher / av. Limousine, 19250 Meymac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 95 23 30

Country Name: France

Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located in the Plateau de Millevaches, 13 kms W of Ussel

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]

Historical Region: Limousin

Font Location in Church: S side, next to the S door of the nave

Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]

Church Notes: Interesting capitals at the western end of the nave; beautiful black Madonna and Child said to be of the 12th century, but looking more like a 16th-century work [cf. Image area].

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: another former Romanesque red-granite capital later hollowed out to serve as holy-water stoup in this church [cf. Index entry for Meymac No. 1 for another such]; there appears to be a centre drain hole in the inner basin, whic is odd for a stoup [was it ever used as font?]; this one is ornamented with foliage motif on three of its sides while the fourth is rough; it now stands on a later (18th-century?) baluster-shaped pedestal.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.5352, 2.1481

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 32′ 6.72″ N, 2° 8′ 53.16″ E

UTM: 31T 433485 5042760

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (red)

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: capital

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: [why does the stoup have a drain hole?]

Rim Thickness: 6-8 cm (16 at corner)

Diameter (inside rim): 35-36 cm

Basin Depth: 20 cm

Basin Total Height: 50 cm

Height of Base: 30 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 50 x 50 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site