Aubeterre-sur-Dronne No. 2 / Albaterra / Aubaterra
Image copyright © Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, 2011
Image and permission received (e-mail of 14 April 2011)
Results: 5 records
view of church exterior - west portal - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 14 April 2011)
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 14 April 2011)
view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: a mid-19th century photograph
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820–1884)
1851 salted paper print from paper negative -- "Gustave Le Gray: [Central Portal of the Church of Saint-Jacques, Aubeterre] (1991.1058)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1991.1058 (October 2006)
Copyright Instructions: PD
view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cobber17, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2010 by Cobber 17 [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Aubeterre6.JPG]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cobber17, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 July 2010 by Cobber 17 [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Aubeterre5.JPG]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17364AUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1171?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jacques [originally Église collégiale Saint Jacques]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: Info on the Patrimoine page [http://inventaire.poitou-charentes.fr/patroman/themes/notice.php?id=IA16008283] -- Church consecrated in 1171 ["Influence mozarabe venue d'Espagne et exprimée dans le portail polylobé de l'entrée. Influence carolingienne inspirée des enluminures, de l'orfèvrerie. Influence celte, wisigothe et scandinave riche de décors abstraits.
Influence byzantine rapportée des croisades." [source: http://www.aubeterresurdronne.com/pages/fr/a-voir/eglise-saint-jacques.php]
Church Address: 16390 Aubeterre sur Dronne, France
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D10, 48 km from Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême [orig. Diocèse de Périgueux]
Historical Region: Angoumois
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the late-12th century baptismal font of this church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta for his photographs of this church
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 278100 5017116
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.2725, 0.171111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 16′ 21″ N, 0° 10′ 16″ E