Lavaudieu
Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 8 Aug 2004)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken August 2004 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 8 Aug 2004)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09933LAV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Abbaye benedictine Saint-André de Lavaudieu
Font Location in Church: Now [2004] located outside, in the cloister garden
Church Address: Le Bourg, 43100 Lavaudieu, France -- Tel.: +33 4 71 76 46 00
Site Location: Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D20, E of the N102, 9 km SE of Brioude, 53 km NW of Le Puy-en-Velay, about 70 km SSE of Clermont-Ferrand
Font Notes:
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Bucket-shaped basin now [2004] serving as fountain in the centre of the cloister garden of the Benedictine abbey at Lavaudieu. This object may have been originally a baptismal font, although the inner well is rather shallow and has been perforated around the sides for use as a fountain; the centre drain (?) is large now.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for his photographs of this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 535674 5012335
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.263611, 3.454722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 15′ 49″ N, 3° 27′ 17″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: on
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: there are several smaller holes also on the sides