Saint-Sornin No. 2

INFORMATION

FontID: 05105SOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Saturnin-et-Saint-Jacques

Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus & St. James

Country Name: France

Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: In the canton de Montet, arrondissement de Moulins

Font Location in Church: West door, south side (wall-mounted)

Century and Period: Medieval

Church Notes: This church has a corbel shaped as a three-face head [cf. Images area]

Font Notes: Click to view

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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: hexagonal (wall-mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

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]