Grandsaigne No. 3 / Grand Sanha

INFORMATION

Font ID: 20970GRA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Eutrope-de-Saintes de Grandsaigne [aka Notre-Dame, Saint-Roch]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, to the right of the doorway, against the W wall and behind the font
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eutropius of Saintes [aka Eutrope]
Church Notes: 12thC church listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029761]; chancel of the Romanesque church survives; tower, etc., 16thC; modified 19thC
Church Address: Le Bourg, 19300 Grandsaigne, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D177, 13 km NNE of Corrèze, 27 km NE of Tulle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000705]: holy-water stoup made of granite; it consists of a round elongated basin decorated with broad ribs or gadroons on the underbowl, raised on a square pedestal base with chamfered corners, decorated with lanceolated leaves on the upper half.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 415524 5038076

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 28 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 84 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000705]

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.