Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle / Saint-Vincent-d'Excideuil / Sent Vincenç d'Eila / St-Vincent-sur-l'Isle

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view of church exterior - west façade

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2010 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle_église_(1).JPG] [accessed 27 July 2013]
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view of church exterior in context

view of the village; the church and its tower are partially visible on the right
Scene Description: view of the village; the church and its tower are partially visible on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2010 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle_village.JPG] [accessed 27 July 2013]
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view of font or stoup

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2010 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle_église_fonts.JPG] [accessed 27 July 2013]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 18550VIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: 24420 Saint-Vincent-sur-l'Isle
Country Name: France
Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D-705, W of Faugeras, 16 cm ENE of Périgueux, in the municipality of Savignac-les-Églises
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse Périgueux - Sarlat
Historical Region: Aire urbaine de Périgueux -- Périgord
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Church Notes: "L’église fortifiée de Saint-Vincent-sur-l’Isle est construite au XIIe siècle. Elle appartient à l’époque à l’abbaye de Chancelade." [http://visites.aquitaine.fr/saint-vincent-sur-l-isle] [accessed 27 July 2013]
Font Notes:
A baptismal font or, more likely, a holy-water stoup now used as font in this church; it consists of an octagonal basin with tapering sides and mouldings at top and bottom; raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base of two volumes. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the 12th-century church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 334938 5012408

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining