Salles Lavauguyon No. 2 / Las Salas La Vau Guion / Les Salles-de-Lavauguyon
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05113SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Eutrope
Church Patron Saints: St. Eutropius of Saintes [aka Eutrope]
Church Location: 87440 Les Salles-Lavauguyon, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 00 30 68
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located 18 kms SW of Rochechouart
Historical Region: Le Pays de la Météorite -- Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: A vast series of magnificent Romanesque paintings has been revealed in this church.
Font Notes:
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Described in Mingaud (1992: 14) as "une cuve baptismale décoré d'arcatures à gauche [de l'entrée]". On-site notes: a monolithic cylindrical granite font of crude appearance, mounted on a large square plinth; the only ornamentation is a tall blind arcade of round arches. Like the base of the stoup (?) in the same church, the sides of this font appear covered in dark moss.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.742469, 0.694185
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 44′ 32.89″ N, 0° 41′ 39.07″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10-12 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 40-42 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 61-66 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Basin Total Height: 67 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 67 cm
Font Height (with Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
REFERENCES
Mingaud, Alain, Église Saint Eutrope des Salles Lavauguyon, L', Salles-de-Lavauguyon: Les Amis de Saint-Eutrope, 1992