Excideuil / Eissiduelh
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: showing the 15th-century south portal
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 February 2010 by Père Igor [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Excideuil_église.JPG] [accessed 10 June 2013]
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view of font cover - detail
Scene Description: it may not be part of the cover at all [cf. FontNotes[
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 March 2010 by Père Igor [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Excideuil_église_fonts_(2).JPG] [accessed 10 June 2013]
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 March 2010 by Père Igor [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Excideuil_église_fonts_(1).JPG] [accessed 10 June 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18515EXC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Thomas [formerly a Benedictine priory]
Church Patron Saints: St. Thomas
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located just W of Saint-Médard-d'Excideuil, 40 km from Périgueux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Périgueux et Sarlat
Historical Region: Périgord Blanc, Pays du Périgord Vert
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a railed alcove
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century/ 19th century, Late Medieval? / Modern?
Church Notes: church inventoried in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082527]: "moyen Age ; 15e siècle [...] Ancien prieuré bénédictin, cet édifice a subi de 1865 à 1875 une restauration radicale. De l'église romane, subsiste un fragment de portail dans la façade occidentale. La nef a été refaite au 15e siècle. A cette époque, un portail de style flamboyant a été percé sur la façade sud."
Baptismal font of a common late-medieval design: moulded octagonal basin with graded moulding and foliage motifs on the underbowl, raised on an octagonal pedestal with trefoiled niches or windows on the sides, a moulded lower base. The fon is either 15th-16th century, or, more likely, 19th-century. On its flat cover stands a large statue of the Baptism of Christ; it is not clear whether the statue is part of the cover or not. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.3375,
1.0503
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 20′ 15″ N,
1° 3′ 1.08″ E
UTM: 31T 347239 5022292
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
