Perols-sur-Vezere No. 1 / Pérols-sur-Vézère / Peròl

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Scene Description: medieval granite font dated 18thC in Palissy [ref.: IM19000756]

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190122X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1386/ivr74_77190122x_p.jpg] [accessed 2 March 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21047PER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Côme et Saint- Damien
Church Patron Saints: St. Cosmas & St. Damian
Church Location: 19170 Pérols-sur-Vézère, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D979, ESE of Bugeat, WNW of Ussel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: Listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029783] as a modern [1901] church built on the site of an original "romano-ogivale" [Transitional?] church that had been re-built in the 1770s, only to be destroyed 20 years later
Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000756] as a granite baptismal font of the 18th century. This granite font, although dated above to the 18th century, appears characteristically medieval, a monolithic font of roughly cylindrical shape with the lower 1/3 indented; given its height [63 cm] it was probably mounted originally on a base; the genral design and the presence of old metal staples in the upper rim suggest a date in the late Romanesque period/style, and could very well have been the original church of the Transitional [late-12th / early-13th century] church here.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Basin Total Height: 63 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 63 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Palissy [ref.: IM19000756]