Ruffec No. 1 / Roffiaco / Rolfiacus / Rouffiac / Ruffiaco / Ruffiacum / Rufiaco
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view of basin - interior - drain
Scene Description: the now plugged drain is visible at the bottom of the basin, right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JLPC, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2012 by JLPC [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruffec_16_Saint-André_Façade_2012.jpg] [accessed 6 October 2015]
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view of church exterior - west façade
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: extrait de La France illustrée, géographie, histoire, administration, statistique, etc., tome I, par V.-A. Malte-Brun, 1897 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:France_illustrée_I_p687.png] [accessed 6 October 2015]
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view of church interior - south aisle - looking east
Scene Description: both the stoup by the south doorway, and the font at the east end can be seen in this photograph
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 October 2015 by Mikel Unanue
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 6 October 2015]
INFORMATION
FontID: 20053RUF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-André
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Church Location: 16700 Ruffec, France
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the N10, 36 km W of Confolens, 42 km N of Angoulême, 63 km S of Poitiers.
Ecclesiastic Region: [Diocèse de Poitiers]
Font Location in Church: Inside the churc, at the E end of the S aisle
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: 12thC (?) church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104480]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font located at the east end of the south aisle; the large stone barrel-like font is totally plain; the inside of the basin is cylindrical in shape and has a drain [now plugged] totally off centre, practically at the angle with one of the sides. There is no cover nor is there any indication of having had any hardware anchoring spots at the upper rim or sides. The church has an ancient holy-water stoup near the south entranceway [cf. Index entry for Ruffec No. 4]. [NB: Ruffec Saint-André had two chapels-of-ease, Saint-Benoît aka Saint-Blaise, in the faubourg of Pontereau, the ruins of which are still visible, and Saint-Georges, to the west; they were merged with Saint-André in the 15thC [cf. Index entries for Ruffec Nos. 2-3] -- we have no information on the baptismal fonts from those two churches].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 283307 5101126
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: barrel-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining