Meymac No. 2
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view of stoup
Scene Description: the baluster-shaped base is modern
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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
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view of stoup - upper view
![why does a stoup have a drain hole? [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/MEY0107907_compressed.png)
Scene Description: why does a stoup have a drain hole? [cf. FontNotes]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05055MEY
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: capital
Date Visited: 2001-06-28
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne abbatiale Saint-André-et-Saint-Léger
Font Location in Church: S side, next to the S door of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew & St. Leger
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].
Church Address: rue du Bûcher / av. Limousine, 19250 Meymac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 95 23 30
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: re-cycled stoup (former capital re-cycled as holy-water stoup and mounted on a late base)
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 433485 5042760
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.5352, 2.1481
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 32′ 6.72″ N, 2° 8′ 53.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (red)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: capital
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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