Eglise-aux-Bois / Egleisa aus Bòscs / L'Eglise-aux-Bois
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design element - motifs - geometric
Scene Description: lightly incised and faintly visible, between the rim and the moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190407X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0506/ivr74_77190407x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]
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design element - motifs - rope moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190407X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0506/ivr74_77190407x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast 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 27 January 2017]
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190407X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0506/ivr74_77190407x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20890EGL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Christophe
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Church Location: 19170 L'Eglise-aux-Bois, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D940, just NW of Lacelle, SE of Eymoutiers, 60+ km S of Brive-la-Gaillarde, 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, in the S chapel
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029918]: "Edifice du 12e siècle ; augmente au 14e ou 15e siècle"
Baptismal font of the 12th century made of granite listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000924]. Tub-shaped basin decorated with a rope moulding below the upper rim, some incised geometric motifs above; raised on a makeshit base consisting of three blocks of granite cursory cut. No cover present but there is a metal staple from an old cover hardware still left in the upper rim.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Font Shape: tub-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 10 cm [calciulated]
Diameter (inside rim): 81 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 101 cm*
Basin Total Height: 55 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000924]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]