Douze / La Douze
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mairie de La Douze & Isabelle Dubreu, Association Histoire et Patrimoine de La Douze
Image Source: Isabelle Dubreu (La Douze, Dordogne)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 31 August 2004)
design element - motifs - varied
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mairie de La Douze & Isabelle Dubreu, Association Histoire et Patrimoine de La Douze
Image Source: Isabelle Dubreu (La Douze, Dordogne)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 31 August 2004)
human figure - male - standing
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mairie de La Douze & Isabelle Dubreu, Association Histoire et Patrimoine de La Douze
Image Source: Isabelle Dubreu (La Douze, Dordogne)
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 31 August 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09574DOU
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 3rd - 5th century [re-used], Gallo-Roman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens à La Douze
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter-ad-vincula
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082596]: "15e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Church Address: D710, 24330 La Douze, France
Site Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D710, about 15 km SE of Périgueux, about 40 km NE of Bergerac
Historical Region: Périgord central
Additional Comments: re-purposed Gallo-Roman column used as stoup
Font Notes:
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Re-purposed Gallo-Roman fragment of a column listed in Palissy [ref.: PM24000163]: "Colonne, bénitier [...] Bénitier creusé dans le tambour d'une colonne époque gallo-romaine ; panneaux rectangulaires en réserve [...] Pierre : taillé, décor à relief en réserve [...] Ornementation (rinceaux, soleil)". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.:APMH00075070, AP0045T003710 and AP0045T003711]. The web site of the Mairie of La Douze, Dordogne [www.la-douze.com/eglise.htm] informs that the baptismal font of the parish church is actually a stem of a Gallo-Roman column decorated with rosettes and ancient figures. The roughly cylindrical object was overturned, so the carving showed upside down. A digital photograph of the object taken 23 March 2012 by Père Igor in Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Douze_église_colonne_romaine_(4).JPG] [accessed 10 August 2025] shows the object upright; it allows to see the small hole on the upper end, and the very large damaged area of the lower half, as well as details on the sides. The caption reads: "Colonne gallo-romaine creuse qui servait de bénitier, église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens, La Douze, Dordogne, France. La partie creuse se trouve maintenant en-dessous." Additional digital photographs may be seen here [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gallo-Roman_column_of_Église_Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens_de_La_Douze] [accessed 10 August 2025]. [cf. Index entry for Melbury Bubb, England, for another case of an old object over-turned and re-used as a baptismal font].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Isabelle Dubreu, of the Association Histoire et Patrimoine de La Douze, and to the Mairie of La Douze, for the photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 332067 4992162
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.063, 0.866944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 3′ 46.8″ N, 0° 52′ 1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.