Meymac No. 4
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view of font
Scene Description: the disused 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
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: notice the plugged drain hole and the repairs at opposite ends of the basin; the latter are characteristic of damage caused by the metal staples of an old cover split the stone
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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 - detail
Scene Description: one of the sides showing the repair
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2001 by BSI
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05057MEY
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 the apse, E end, behind the altar
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: disuased font? (no longer in use)
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: the second of a pair of vat-shaped objects in this church, this one slightly wider and shorter than the other. 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 have been repaired at opposite ends, where the lid staples split the stone and caused damage; there is 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 Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: drain hole now sealed
Rim Thickness: 13-15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 75-78 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 106 cm
Basin Depth: 43 cm
Basin Total Height: 63 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 63 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site