Saint-Priest-sur-Vienne No. 2 / Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe / Sent Préch d'Aissa / St-Priest-sous-Aixe
Results: 2 records
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05099PRI
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-06-28
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Priest de Saint-Priest-sur-Vienne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Priest [aka Praejectus, Prejectus, Projectus, Pry]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00123081]
Church Address: 87700 Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe, France
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D10A1-A10A2 crossroads, 15 km W of Limoges
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 352344 5075405
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.816397, 1.099366
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 48′ 59.03″ N, 1° 5′ 57.72″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage System: no drainage system
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements taken]