Verlac No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09483VER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jacques de Verlac
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the SW corner of the nave, by the W entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093959]: "Eglise donnée à l'abbaye de la Chaise-Dieu. Le baron d'Aurelle en était seigneur haut justicier. L'édifice appartient au style roman [...] clocher carré [...] 18e siècle [...] Chapiteaux romans."
Church Address: 12130 St Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac, France
Site Location: Aveyron, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located of the D503, In the canton Aurelle-Verlac, 45-50 km NE of Rodez
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup of the Romanesque period [source: www.aurelle-verlac.com] -- [cf. Index entry for Verlac No. 1 for a baptismal font of the same period in this church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 500631 4928083
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.50607, 3.007932
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 30′ 21.85″ N, 3° 0′ 28.55″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round