Martel / Martèl

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: "Martel - Eglise Saint-Maur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antoine Garnier, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2021 by Antoine Garnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martel_-_Eglise_Saint-Maur_-_01.jpg] [accessed 12 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - south porch and portal

Scene Description: Source caption: "Martel - Eglise Saint-Maur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antoine Garnier, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2021 by Antoine Garnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martel_-_Eglise_Saint-Maur_-_09.jpg] [accessed 12 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: "Martel - Eglise Saint-Maur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antoine Garnier, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 3 June 2021 by Antoine Garnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martel_-_Eglise_Saint-Maur_-_08.jpg] [accessed 12 December 2023]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Martel en Quercy-Église Saint Maur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Villafruela, 2015
Image Source: digital image of a 1965 photograph by Daniel Villafruela [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martel_en_Quercy-Église_Saint_Maur-196510.jpg] [accessed 12 December 2013]
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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Maur. Martel. Occitanie, Lot. France. Intérieur, la nef."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PMRMaeyaert, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 18 October 2022 by PMRMaeyaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PM_146973_E_Martel.jpg] [accessed 12 December 2023]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 17290MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maur de Martel
Font Location in Church: disappeared?
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00095160]: "Eglise fortifiée. Tympan roman du 12e siècle. Nef du 14e siècle. Clocher du 16e siècle. Verrière du 16e siècle représentant la semaine sainte."
Church Address: 46600 Martel, France
Site Location: Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A20, 36 km SSE of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Historical Region: Quercy / Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
[NB: the tympanum of the west porch is 12th-century, and there is a 19th-century silver holy-water stoup listed in Palissy [ref.: PM46001222]
but we have no information on the medieval font of this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 390423 4976868
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.9368, 1.61122
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 56′ 12.48″ N, 1° 36′ 40.39″ E

REFERENCES

  • Penaud-Requier, Jeanne, Eglises romanes en Pays Martelais, Aurillac (Cantal): ARPPM, 2010, p. 167ff