Meymac No. 4

Results: 4 records

design element - motifs - roll moulding

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

view of basin - interior

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

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

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

view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: one of the sides showing the repair

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

view of font

Scene Description: the disused font

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 05057MEY

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

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: Inside the church, in the apse, E end, behind the altar

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Another such in the same church

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

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

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

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Exterior Shape: round

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