Chamberet No. 2 / Chambarèt
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Claude Thibaudin, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190484X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1408/ivr74_77190484x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20887CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Dulcet
Church Patron Saints: St. Dulcide [aka Doucis, Dulcet, Dulcidius]
Church Location: 19370 Chamberet, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D3-D16 crossroads, NW of Treignac and Affieux, N of Tulle, halfway between Limoges (NW) and Ussel (SE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, built into the W wall
Century and Period: 3th - 5th century, Gallo-Roman
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000895] as a possible Gallo-Roman object [a cinerary urn?] re-cycled as baptismal font, located against the west wall of the nave: "cuve des fonts baptismaux [...] granite [...] Cuve circulaire monolithe [...] antiquité [...] remploi gallo-romain?" [NB: there is a second such object listed in this Index as Chamberet No. 1]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 16 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 78 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000895]