Sainte-Croix-du-Mont / Senta Crotz deu Mont / Ste.-Croix-du-Mont

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design element - motifs - circle

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: wood engraving by Drouyn in Drouyn (1853)

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henry Salomé, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2009 by Henry SALOMÉ [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ste_Croix-du-Mont_Église01.jpg] [accessed 7 December 2013]

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view of church exterior - portal

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view of church exterior - portal - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henry Salomé, 2009

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henry Salomé, 2009

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view of font

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Image Source: wood engraving by Drouyn in Drouyn (1853)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18859MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Croix de Sainte-Croix-du-Mont
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: 33410 Sainte-Croix-du-Mont, France -- Tél. : +33 5 56 62 01 39
Country Name: France
Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D10, 7 km SE of Cadillac, 8 km NW of Langon, 40 km SE of Bordeaux
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12C-church demolished; only the portal remains -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00083816]: "L'église primitive a été abattue et reconstruite. Seul a été conservé le portail, remonté sur la nouvelle construction".
Noted and illustrated in Drouyn (1853); the wood engraving of a this font was done by Drouyn himself for his 1853 article. The object appears raised on the base of, and by the side of, a column, likely in the nave of the church; it appears monolithic, cylindrical in shape, decorated with circles on the sides of the basin, with a moulding below; the rest is plain. [NB: we have not yet found a recent source of information on the whereabouts of the old font].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.593439, -0.282651
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 35′ 36.38″ N, 0° 16′ 57.55″ W
UTM: 30T 715934 4941473

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round