Courteix No. 2

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view of stoup in context

Scene Description: in the foreground, to the right, is the door of the west entranceway

INFORMATION

FontID: 20876COU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens et Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad Vincula & St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 19340 Courteix, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D91, just SE of Couffy-sur-Sarsonne, E of Eygurande, NNE of Ussel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: canton d'Eygurande, Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Location in Church: Located at the W end of the nave, to the S side of the W doorway
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099753]: "Exemple rare en Limousin d'édifice de ce type parvenu jusqu'à nous avec ses voûtes en berceau d'origine. Edifiée au 13e siècle [...] Attestée en 1282, l'église appartenait à l'ordre des Templiers. Vers 1311, elle est cédée à l'ordre de Malte et dépend de Belle Chassagne. Elle est ensuite rattachée à Tulle."
No patrimony listing found for this object. It is one of two crude holy-water stoups made of granite and located at the end of the nave, by the west entranceway; this one, on the south side, consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a square pedestal base.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining