Rignac nr. Cuzance

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17288RIG
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[basin only] [composite font], Baroque [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Victor de Rignac
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Victor
Church Notes: 12thC(?) church; modifies 15th, 17th, 19thC; renovated 1854 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00095063]
Church Address: 46600 Cuzance, France
Site Location: Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D103, E of the A20, NE of Souillac, SW of Martel, in the municipality and SW of Couzance, about halfway between Périgueux (WNW) and Aurillac (ENE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cahors
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup listed in Palissy [ref.: PM46000822]. Noted and illustrated in Penaud-Requier & Penaud (2010) as a holy-water stoup consisting of a small hemispherical basin with flat ribs on the bowl sides, raised on a moulded quadrangular pedestal base probably of later date.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.936233, 1.520121
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 56′ 10.44″ N, 1° 31′ 12.44″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Penaud-Requier, Jeanne, Eglises romanes en Pays Martelais, Aurillac (Cantal): ARPPM, 2010, p. 134