Uzerche No. 6 / Sainte-Eulalie / Usercha

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2017 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 28 June 2017 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05123UZE

Church/Chapel: Chapelle [ancienne paroissiale] Sainte-Eulalie

Church Patron Saints: St. Eulalia of Mérida

Church Location: Faubourg Sainte-Eulalie, 19140 Uzerche, France

Country Name: France

Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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 Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side

Date: 1690?

Century and Period: 17th century,

Church Notes: possible Early Christian baptistery here; whatever church was here was destroyed by the Vikings 909; re-built late-19thC; present church is 15thC with later modifications

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: wall-mounted octagonal baptismal font looking very much like a holy-water stoup, despite its size; it may have had an earlier existence as a regularly mounted font and, at a later point, been partially embeded in the wall; the upper rim shows traces of the cover hardware; the front side of the basin has a date (1690? - or 1650?)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 387678 5031234

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: octagonal (wall-mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 15-19 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 56 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 93 cm

Basin Depth: 35 cm

Basin Total Height: 62 cm (approx.)

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers

Inscription Notes: 1690? or 1650?

Inscription Location: on the front side of the basin

Inscription Text: "16[?]0"

Inscription Source: On-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: evidence of an earlier lid is visible on the rim