Pradines No. 4 / Pradinas
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view of church interior - plan
Scene Description: identified here as no. 6
view of font in context
Scene Description: this font is barily discernible at the far [west] end, right [north] side of the nave, beneath the gallery
information
Scene Description: listed here as no. 6
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21058PRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner of the nave, beneath the gallery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 3 March 2017] reckons there was a church here in the early-12thC; a 13thC listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029796]: "Eglise 13e siècle, 14e siècle ? ; en partie ruinée en 1624 (effondrement de la voûte à cette date ?) ; clocher effondré en 1891 ; encore couverte de chaume en 1908"
Church Address: 19170 Pradines, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 30 km from Tulle, S of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Additional Comments: re-cycled font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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This object, a stone font-like vessel, located at the northwest corner of the nave, is mentioned in the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, le mobilier de l'église paroissiale Saint-Martin, Pradines [Palissy ref.: IM19001283] recorded in 1977; the source refers to it as a hollowed out stone re-used as font; it appears of a general rounded shape, with considerable damage around the upper end of the basin. It is one of four vessels in this church at the time.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 414853 5039908
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone