Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze / Marat / Sent Aforian
Image copyright © Centre de la Culture du Limousin Médiéval, 2016
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - west view
![the large vessel against the right [south] side of the church and the left side of the town hall](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1160703007_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the large vessel against the right [south] side of the church and the left side of the town hall
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lucette Lanourrice, 2016
Image Source: digital image in Lucette Lanourrice's blog [http://malou-blanchette.over-blog.com/tag/loisirs-tourisme/] [accesed 3 July 2016]
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: ca. 1910? -- the font (?) is not displayed here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archives Départementales Haute-Vienne, 2016
Image Source: digital image of an undated postcard in the Archives Départementales Haute-Vienne [whttp://archives.haute-vienne.fr/_depot_ad87/_depot_arko/articles/1203/saint-symphorien-sur-couze_img.jpg]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: was it ever a font?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Centre de la Culture du Limousin Médiéval, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in the Centre de la Culture du Limousin Médiéval [www.limousin-medieval.com /#!baptisteres-/c1ejl] [accessed 3 July 2016]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 20651SYM
Object Type: Baptismal Font2 (fragment)?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Symphorien de Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze
Church Patron Saints: St. Symphorian [Symphorien d'Autun] [† ca. 200]
Church Location: 87140 Saint-Symphorien-sur-Couze, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the A20, in the arr. of Bellac, 37 km N of Limoges
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, against a wall
Century and Period: 12th - 16th century, Medieval
Church Notes: Romanesque church modified 14thC;
Font Notes:
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A large octagonal vessel noted and illustrated in the Centre de la Culture du Limousin Médiéval [www.limousin-medieval.com /#!baptisteres-/c1ejl] [accessed 3 July 2016]; it has a large notch cut into one of the sides which may indicate its later (?) use as trough in a garden or farm.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 363564 5102160
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining