Valeyrac
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17299VAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Saturnin de Valeyrac
Font Location in Church: inside the church, at the N corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus
Church Address: Valeyrac, 46600 Cressensac-Sarrazac, France
Site Location: Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D100, W of the D820, 2-3 km S of Turenne, in the municipality and 3 km N of Sarrazac [NB: not to be mistalen with the other Valeyrac, in Gironde, Aquitaine]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cahors
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Penaud-Requier & Penaud (2010); baptismal font in this church is built against the north corner of the nave; the font consists of a reddish-stone basin built into a multi-stone three-sided frame, on which has been added a later -18th-century?- wooden rim-buffet type canopy cover with a panel door that opens out to give access to the interior.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 388576 4987440
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.03165, 1.58549
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 1′ 53.94″ N, 1° 35′ 7.76″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: rim-buffet type [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Penaud-Requier, Jeanne, Eglises romanes en Pays Martelais, Aurillac (Cantal): ARPPM, 2010, p. 260