Camarsac No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20936CAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Saturnin
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Saturninus
Church Notes: church listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00056575]: "Abside et choeur romans du 12e siècle ; exhaussés et fortifiés vraisemblablement au 16e siècle, les percements de la nef semblent également dater du 16e siècle ; porche et sacristie du 18e siècle".
Church Address: 33750 Camarsac, France
Site Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D936 [aka Route de la Brune], E of Bordeaux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bordeaux
Historical Region: Entre-deux-Mers
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (was it buried [i.e., filled] recently? [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
Uncorroborated information reports a large baptismal tub in an exterior baptistery accessible from the interior of the church via a door between the chancel and the nave; it was "une piscine de 2,60 mètres x 1,95 mètres, récemment comblée", which, if true, would appear to indicate that that it is no longer accessible [NB: we have been unable to trace this information to a reliable source thus far].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 708472 4967499
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.830446, -0.362699
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 49′ 49.61″ N, 0° 21′ 45.71″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Trapezoidal Basin: 1.95 x 2.60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]