Chamberet No. 4 / Chambarèt

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Claude Thibaudin, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190492X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1408/ivr74_77190492x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 20889CHA
Object Type: Other
Object Details: urn, cinerary, Gallo-Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: 3th - 5th century, Gallo-Roman
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Dulcet
Font Location in Church: Outside, against the W wall
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Dulcide [aka Doucis, Dulcet, Dulcidius]
Church Address: 19370 Chamberet, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: re-cycled font? (originally a Gallo-Roman cinerary urn?)
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000893] as a possible Gallo-Roman object [a cinerary urn?] re-cycled as holy-water stoup, located outside the church, against the west wall: "bénitier [...] granite [...] cuve monolithe circulaire [...] remploi d'un élement gallo-romain?"

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 52 cm*
Basin Total Height: 36 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000893]

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, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.