Saint-Sornin No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05105SOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-07-02
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Saturnin-et-Saint-Jacques de Saint-Sornin
Font Location in Church: West door, south side (wall-mounted)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus & St. James
Church Notes: This church has a corbel shaped as a three-face head [cf. Images area] -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00105239]
Church Address: Pl. Saint-Saturnin, 17600 Saint-Sornin, France
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D118, N of Le Gua, 30 km W of Saintes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes
Additional Comments: recycled font / recycled stoup
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: a hexagonal wall mounted stoup which appears to have been used as baptismal font; it has a drain hole -now sealed- on the lower left corner of the front side of the basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 657227 5070293
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.7683, -0.9779
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 46′ 5.88″ N, 0° 58′ 40.44″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hexagonal, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage System: Side drainage system
Drainage Notes: now sealed
Rim Thickness: 11-14 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 51-54 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 33 cm
Basin Total Height: 48 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 48 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 66 x 66 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI *[NB: this depth does not appear to be the original; the well has been partially filled with concrete making it shallower]