Saillac No. 2 / Salhac
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Old Testament - the book of Jonah - Jonah in the fish's belly (Jonah 2:1 - 3:2)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes] [NB: the original image by Père Igor has been trimmed, rotated 90 degrees CCW and slightly adjusted to highlight the scene]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 24 June 2015 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saillac_(19)_église_bénitier.JPG] [accessed 23 March 2016]
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Linteau du XIIe siècle transformé en bénitier, église de Saillac, Corrèze, France. Représentation de Jonas dans le ventre de la baleine."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 June 2015 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saillac_(19)_église_bénitier.JPG] [accessed 23 March 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 20448SAI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise de la Nativité-de-Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 46260 Saillac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at the D28-D87 crossroads, just N of Cavagnac (Lot), about 20 km SE of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cahors
Historical Region: Le Midi Corrézien
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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Monolithic holy-water stoup carved out of a former 12th-century lintel. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM19000553] where the scene is identified as Jonah and the whale [Jonah, 2]: " bénitier [...] grès : taillé, peint [...] 12e siècle [...] élément de linteau sculpté qui, après avoir été déposé, a été retaillé pour être transformé en bénitier ; les trois-quarts du décor sculpté ont ainsi disparu ; polychromie attestée mais disparue. [...] La baleine est en forme de dauphin avec oreilles et crinière ; sa gueule grande ouverte laisse voir des dents qui saisissent Jonas contorsionné." Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 5 March 2017], in which the church is dated ca. 1140, identified the base of the stoup as a fragment from the left side of the lintel: "Seule la partie droite du linteau est authentique, un fragment de la partie gauche servant de support au bénitier."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 40 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm*
Square Base Dimensions: 41 x 41.5 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM19000553]