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view of church exterior in context - west view

Source caption: "L'Église Notre-Dame-de-Bellac (XIIe et XIVe siècles) surplombant un ancien séchoir à peaux (XVe siècle)"
Scene Description: Source caption: "L'Église Notre-Dame-de-Bellac (XIIe et XIVe siècles) surplombant un ancien séchoir à peaux (XVe siècle)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Wbroc, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 July 2011 by Wbroc [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame-de-Bellac.png] [accessed 2 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20648BEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Medieval?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de l'Assomption-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge [aka Église Notre-Dame]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12thC listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100241]: "L'église fut à l'origine la chapelle des comtes de la Marche. Elle fut édifiée au 12e siècle."
Church Address: place de l'Eglise, 87300 Bellac, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 68 07 08
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N147, D675 and N2147 confluence,3 km SE of Peyrat-de-Bellac, 7-8 km NNW of Berneuil, 45 km NNW of Limoges, 80 SE of Poitiers, 100 km NE of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Limoges
Historical Region: Haute Limousin
Font Notes:
The font here is said to be a Romanesque basin raised on tree lions [source unavailable]. The baptismal font in this church illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP80L030295] and captioned "Cuve baptismale, vue générale", does not correspond to the above description: it consists of a roughly cylindrical basin with deeply-carved vertical ribs, raised on a short and plain cylindrical stem, and an octagonal lower base.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.1181, 1.04833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 7′ 5.16″ N, 1° 2′ 53.99″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.