Salles-la-Source No. 1

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view of font

notice that the back of the font is partially built into the back wall; the upper rim shows damage with big missing chunk right where a staple of the old font cover was
Scene Description: notice that the back of the font is partially built into the back wall; the upper rim shows damage with big missing chunk right where a staple of the old font cover was
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2010
Image Source: photograph taken by Abbé Bras, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12W00700] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2018/sap83_12w00700_p.jpg] [accessed 20 March 2016]
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view of church exterior - cross

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thérèse Gaigé, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2015 by Thérèse Gaigé [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Croix_à_Saint-Austremoine.JPG] [accessed 20 March 2016]
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view of church exterior - south porch and portal

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thérèse Gaigé, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2015 by Thérèse Gaigé [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porche_de_l'église_Saint-Austremoine.JPG] [accessed 20 March 2016]
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view of church exterior - southeast view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thérèse Gaigé, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 April 2015 by Thérèse Gaigé [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Façade,_clocher_et_chevet_de_l'église_Saint-Austremoine.JPG] [accessed 20 March 2016]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 20439SAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Austremoine de Salles-la-Source
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Austremoine [aka Austramonius of Auvergne, Austremonius] [male saint]
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094178]: 12th, 15th, 16th, 19thC church
Church Address: 12330 Salles-la-Source, France
Site Location: Aveyron, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D901, between Mouret (N) and Onet-le-Château (S), Valady (W) and Rodelle (E), NNW of Rodez
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rodez
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Cylindrical baptismal font of the 14th century made of limestone listed in Palissy [ref.: PM12000748]: "Cylindre de pierre [calcaire] lisse à l'extérieur, creusé en quadrilobe à l'intérieur. Traces des attaches du couvercle. Une partie est engagée dans la muraille [...] 14e siècle." The inner well is quatrefoil in shape, and the back of the font is now partially built into the wall.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 459700 4921923
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.4354, 2.51141
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 26′ 7.44″ N, 2° 30′ 41.08″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: quatrefoil
Basin Exterior Shape: round