Grandsaigne No. 3 / Grand Sanha

INFORMATION

FontID: 20970GRA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Eutrope [aka Notre-Dame, Saint-Roch]
Church Patron Saints: St. Eutropius of Saintes [aka Eutrope]
Church Location: 19300 Grandsaigne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located 13 km from Corrèze, 20 from Meymac, 27 km from Tulle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
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
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century
Church Notes: 12thC church listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029761]; chancel of the Romanesque church survives; tower, etc., 16thC; modified 19thC
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]