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view of church exterior - apse
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CCJ de Meuzac, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 13 January 2013 by Michèle Ferrier, in CCJ de Meuzac [http://creationsculturejeuxdemeuzac.blogspot.ca/2013_01_01_archive.html] [accessed 27 March 2016]
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view of church exterior
![is the planter outside the church the old cylindrical plain font? [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160327016_compressed.png)
Scene Description: is the planter outside the church the old cylindrical plain font? [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 October 2007, in Panoramio [http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/5348572.jpg] [accessed 27 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20471MEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint Pierre-ès-Liens à Meuzac
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Address: Place Saint Roch, 87380 Meuzac, France -- Tél.: 05 55 09 97 12
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D244, between Magnac-Bourd (N) and Montgibaud, in Corrèze (S), SE of Limoges
Additional Comments: re-purposed font (now used as stoup? [cf. FontNotes]) -- disappeared font? (a second one in a private dwelling? [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in VisitLimousin [https://www.visitlimousin.com/sejourner/activites/les-activites-culturelles/eglise-de-meuzac-meuzac-fr-4130390/] [accessed 9 October 2025] mentions and ancient font: "Église romane de Saint Roch. Il y a trois caractéristiques faisant entrer Meuzac dans la catégorie des plus anciennes paroisses : sa superficie, son vocable et sa cuve baptismale." The entry for this church in the Meuzac site [https://www.meuzac.fr/l-eglise-romane-saint-roch] [accessed 9 October 2025], however, reports an imposing font made of granite now used as holy-water stoup located near the entrance: "imposante cuve baptismale en granit devenue ensuite bénitier et présente dans l'entrée du bâtiment." Baptismal font or stoup, probably medieval, said to be located beneath the 19th-century tower; cylindrical, 100 cm in diameter and 90 cm in height; a second font or stoup is said to be located in a private house near the old rural chapel of St. Roch.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]