Salles Lavauguyon No. 2 / Las Salas La Vau Guion / Les Salles-de-Lavauguyon
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches
INFORMATION
Font ID: 05113SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-29
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Eutrope
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eutropius of Saintes [aka Eutrope]
Church Notes: A vast series of magnificent Romanesque paintings has been revealed in this church.
Church Address: 87440 Les Salles-Lavauguyon, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 00 30 68
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 18 kms SW of Rochechouart
Historical Region: Le Pays de la Météorite -- Limousin
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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.742469, 0.694185
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 System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 14