Loupchat
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17292LOU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Loupchat
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00095290]: "Au début du 12e siècle existait un prieuré. Par la suite, il dépend de l'abbaye bénédictine de Brajac dans la Cantal. C'est un petit édifice à chevet polygonal, nef unique et chapelles latérales formant transept (reconstruites entièrement vers 1867-1872"
Church Address: 46600 Martel, France
Site Location: Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D803, E of the D23, in the 'pays martelais', 3 km N of Martel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cahors
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Penaud-Requier & Penaud (2010): crude [early?] holy-water stoup consisting of a round [may be square with rounded angles] basin with plain tapering sides, raised on a round to square pedestal base [NB: the church goes back to the early 12th century, but we have no information on its medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 391426 4978631
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.952826, 1.623557
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 57′ 10.18″ N, 1° 37′ 24.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
REFERENCES
- Penaud-Requier, Jeanne, Eglises romanes en Pays Martelais, Aurillac (Cantal): ARPPM, 2010, p. 200