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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion

Scene Description: a very crude rendering

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design element - architectural - arch-head - round

Scene Description: a very crude rendering

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design element - patterns - sawtooth or zigzag?

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view of church exterior - south view

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view of stoup in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20454VAL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 23120 Vallière, France
Country Name: France
Location: Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located at the D7-D10-D16-D36 crosstoads, 16 km SW of Aubusson
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the doorway
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church re-built (?) in the 15thC
Granite holy-water stoup decorated with a crude rendering of the Crucifixion and some round arch heads, equally crude on the side; the underbowl has a simple saw-tooth or zigzag pattern on it; on a modern pedestal base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM23000938]: "bénitier [...] granite [...] Iconographie gravée grossièrement . La cuve est divisée en deux registres horizontaux par des tores. Au registre supérieur, un Christ en croix au centre d'une arcature cintrée. Au registre inférieur des chevrons [...] 12e siècle, 13e siècle (?)". [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church -- a second church in this village, in a section or quarter known as Saint-Séverin, had its own medieval (?) church, demolished in 1828; we have no information on its font].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 425129 5084134

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm* / 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * given in Palissy [ref.: PM23000938] as "d = 50 ou 85 cm ?"