Meymac No. 3
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view of font
Scene Description: disused now
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the drain hole, partially visible here, is blocked now -- the crcked lines where the repairs were made are discernible on the back side -- was it ever used as a font?
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05056MEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-28
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Another such in the same church
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne abbatiale Saint-André-et-Saint-Léger
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a S chapel of the E end
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: disused font? (now a decoration to hold flowers or plants)
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: one of a pair of vat-shaped objects in this church; now used as flower-pot but it looks like a baptismal font [probably from another church of the area?]; totally plain except for a moulding near the bottom; the basin upper sides, now reinforced with an iron band all around it, show damage signs at opposite ends, where the metal staples of an old cover were, and the basin bottom, which has a roll moulding all around, has a centre drain hole now sealed.
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
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: now sealed
Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 70 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 96-98 cm
Basin Depth: 38 cm
Basin Total Height: 63 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 63 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-line