Tremouille / Tremolha / Trémouille
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view of font and cover
design element - motifs - mandorla - 8
Scene Description: inscribing individual motifs or symbols
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2014
Image Source: tirage photographique [no. 15W00847] in Mémoire [ref.: AP15W00847]
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animal - bird
Scene Description: crude rendering
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2014
Image Source: tirage photographique [no. 15W00847] in Mémoire [ref.: AP15W00847]
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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
design element - motifs - moulding
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: notice the odd gallery in the bell-cote, characteristic of some of the churches in Haute-Auvergne
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Office de Tourisme de Sumène Artense, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph in Office de Tourisme de Sumène Artense [www.tourisme-sumene-artense.com/fr/visite-culture/eglise-saint-martin-1] [accessed 27 January 2014]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
design element - motifs - roll moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19046TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Trémouille
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 15th-16thC church. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093703]: "L'église a été édifiée en trois campagnes, entre les années 1568 et 1616, à l'initiative du bénédiction Chandezon, originaire de la Chaise-Dieu. L'église est un édifice entièrement du 15e siècle n'ayant subi aucune restauration ni adjonction."
Church Address: 15270 Trémouille, France
Site Location: Cantal, Auvergne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the D47, 10-12 km NW of Condat
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Flour
Historical Region: Haute-Auvergne -- Sumène Artense
Additional Comments: problem with church name?: one of the reliable (?) sources [http://archives.cantal.fr/ark:/16075/a011332428790hZ5Vzd] [accessed 27 January 2014] gives the church as Saint-Jean Baptiste; all others appear to use Saint-Martin
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with large mandorla-like panels inscribing single motifs or symbols (fleur-de-lis, rhomboid, bird, etc.); thinmoulding at the rim and at the bottom of the basin; on a moulded octagonal lower base. Dome-shaped metal cover (copper) with XP finial. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM15000568], Mémoire [ref.: AP15W00847]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 15e siècle ; 16e siècle [...] Cuve en trachyte de forme octogonale. Soubassement plus large. Couvercle de cuivre surmonté d'un chrisme a été rajouté récemment.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 474599 5024538
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.372459, 2.675098
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 22′ 20.85″ N, 2° 40′ 30.35″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, Trachyte (igneous volcanic rock)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: unlined
Diameter (includes rim): 64.5 cm*
Basin Depth: 27 cm*
Basin Total Height: 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM15000568]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]