Uzerche No. 4 / Sainte-Eulalie / Usercha
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of stoup
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human figure - head
Scene Description: at the top of the backdrop
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05121UZE
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-06-28
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle [ancienne paroissiale] Sainte-Eulalie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW side (wall-mounted)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eulalia of Mérida
Church Notes: possible Early Christian baptistery here; whatever church was here at the time was destroyed by the Vikings 909; re-built late-19thC; present church is 15thC with later modifications
Church Address: Faubourg Sainte-Eulalie, 19140 Uzerche, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D3-D920 crossroads, NW of Tulle, about 50 kms SE of Limoges down the A20/E09 [NB: Saint-Eulalie was a separate hamlet until 1826, when it merged with Uzerche]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: one of two wall-mounted holy-water stoups of roughly conical form, this one on the southwest side; It has graded chamfering on the lower part of the cone; there is a carved head above the wall recess and backdrop, over the stoup.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 387678 5031234
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: conical, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
Rim Thickness: 5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 17-18 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 29 cm
Basin Depth: 11 cm
Basin Total Height: 35 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI [NB: including the recess and the head above the basin the height is 85 cm]