Saint-Priest-sur-Vienne No. 2 / Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe / St-Priest-sous-Aixe

Results: 2 records

B01: symbol - cross - Greek - in a circle

Scene Description: in low-relief, on one of the sides of the basin

B02: design element - motifs - leaf - clover

Scene Description: in low-relief, on the front side of the basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 05099PRI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Church Patron Saints: St. Priest [aka Praejectus, Prejectus, Projectus, Pry]
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located E of Limoges, NE of Aixe-sur-Vienne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
On-site notes: a hexagonal mounted stoup, probably of the 13th or 14th century; the back side of the basin is the largest and is against the wall; the well is round; the basin sides must have bee all ornamented, although only two of them, the front with a ckover leaf, and the one left of it, ornamented with a Greek cross in a circle, are discernible. It is raised on a plain square pedestal.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]