Pradines No. 4 / Pradinas

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information

Scene Description: listed here as no. 6

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

FontID: 21058PRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: 19170 Pradines, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner of the nave, beneath the gallery
Century and Period: , Medieval
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"
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