Sainte-Orse / Senta Orsa
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view of base
![inscription with date and intials of maker? [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1110721009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: inscription with date and intials of maker? [cf. FontNotes]
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view of basin
Scene Description: the basin has some characteristics found in medieval fonts and stoups
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view of church exterior - east end
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view of stoup
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17493ORS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Ours
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Thenon, arrondissement de Périgueux, 8 km N of Thenon,at the crossroads of D60-D70
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Aire et Dax
Historical Region: Aquitaine
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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The Palissy database lists a holy-water stoup [Référence PM24000353] dated and with the name of the maker on the base: "I.A.B./18 FE. 1738" [NB: the original fabric of the church goes back to the late-11th or early-12th century, but we have no information on the medieval font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 348930 5007462