Feyt / Fait
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 11 February 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 11 February 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20692FEY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Clair [et Saint-Jean-Baptiste] de Feyt
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clair [& St. John the Baptist]
Church Notes: 13thC church; much modified since -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00066917]: "Edifice construit au 13e siècle"
Church Address: Le Bourg, 19340 Feyt, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D77-D101 confluence, N of the N89, 20 km NE of Ussel, 45-50 km W of Clermont-Ferrand
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle
Historical Region: Limousin
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font and its painted wooden 19th-century enclosure are listed in Palissy [ref.: IM19000098]: "Placard-clôture des fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve en granite encastrée dans le mur ; encadrement en boiserie fermé par une porte [...] 2e moitié 19e siècle [...] Baptême du Christ peint sur la porte [...] H = 147 ; la = 100 ; pr = 26 ; dimensions de la peinture : h = 81, la = 49 [...] Mur sud de la nef, 1ère travée". The font and enclosure are illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: IVR74_19881900293X]. Also listed in Palissy [ref.: IM19000099] is a much restored 17th-18th century stoup. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: IVR74_19881900294X]. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 459221 5059643
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.689135, 2.47629
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 41′ 20.89″ N, 2° 28′ 34.64″ E
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.
- 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.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.