Cormery No. 1

Main image for Cormery No. 1

Image copyright © Emmanuel Brunner Manu25, 2007

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view of context

the mid-15thC fortified tower of the abbey [not the church] was part of the fortification built around the abbey in the 15thC
Scene Description: the mid-15thC fortified tower of the abbey [not the church] was part of the fortification built around the abbey in the 15thC
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Emmanuel Brunner Manu25, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2007 by Emmanuel Brunner Manu25 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clocher_cormery.JPG] [accessed 13 March 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

the ruins of the old abbey with the apse of the abbey church in the foreground, left side
Scene Description: the ruins of the old abbey with the apse of the abbey church in the foreground, left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Emmanuel Brunner Manu25, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 April 2007 by Emmanuel Brunner Manu25 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_cormery.JPG] [accessed 13 March 2016]
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view of church exterior - plan

Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-Paul de Cormery, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum" -- the abbey church, "Basilica S. Pauli" [labelled "C" in the engraving], is seen from the north side with the cloister before it.
Scene Description: Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-Paul de Cormery, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum" -- the abbey church, "Basilica S. Pauli" [labelled "C" in the engraving], is seen from the north side with the cloister before it.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: 17thC engraving in Monasticon Gallicanum, Bibliothèque nationale de France [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Saint-Paul_de_Cormery_dans_Monasticon_Gallicanum.jpg] [accessed 13 March 2016]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 20423COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Abbaye Saint-Paul de Cormery [in ruins]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097710]: Benedictine abbey founded 791; first abbot 821; pillaged by Normans 853; re-built 11thC; raided by the English 1358; re-bilt and fortified mid-15thC
Church Address: rue de l'Abaye, 37320 Cormery, France
Site Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N143, 18 km SE of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tours
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one(s) from the 9th-11thC abbey church here)
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the abbey church here] [cf. Index entry for Cormery No. 2 for the font of the parish church here]