Lonzac nr. Brive-la-Gaillarde / Le Lonzac / Lo Lonzac

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: with the bell tower over the eastern half of the building

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 church interior - nave - ceiling - boss

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

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1980 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 80190156X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1409/ivr74_80190156x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]

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view of stoup

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1980 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 80190158X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1409/ivr74_80190158x_p.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20892LON

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: 19470 Le Lonzac, France

Country Name: France

Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located at the D26-D173 crossroads, between Peyrissac (N) and Chamboulive (S), N of Tulle, NNE of Brive-la-Gaillarde

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 a chapel on the S side of the nave

Century and Period: 3rd - 5th century / 13th - 14th century, Gallo-Roman

Church Notes: 13thC church destroyed; re-built 17thC+; listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029931]: "Edifice du 13e siècle détruit ; reconstruction à partir du 16e siècle"

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Irregular basin in pink granite mounted on a square granite base; possibly re-cycled from a Gallo-Roman object, listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000936]. Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 27 January 2017] notes that the font may date from the 13th or 14th century. A monolithic granite holy-water stoup located against the south wall of the nave here is also listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000935], where it is described as "travail local", decorated with a Latin cross on one of the sides; no dating sugested.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.4647, 1.7294

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 27′ 52.92″ N, 1° 43′ 45.84″ E

UTM: 31T 400670 5035360

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: square

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (inside rim): 51 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 70 cm*

Basin Total Height: 43 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000936]