Serandon / Sérandon

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "chevet à cinq pans, décoré de corbeaux et épaulé par des contreforts"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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view of church exterior - west porch - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Le porche, profond, a des archivoltes ornées de motifs faisant allusion, comme il est de règle à l’entrée des églises, aux péchés capitaux : avarice, luxure, orgueil, colère."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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view of church exterior - west porch - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Les murs latéraux aux arcatures étroites, sont, comme à Beaulieu, décorés de bas-reliefs [...] mauvais état de conservation"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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view of church exterior - west porch - detail

Scene Description: one of the two arcades on the sides of the west porch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ligniac Tourisme, 2017
Image Source: in Ligniac Tourisme [www.liginiac.fr/Tourisme/images/serandon/images/serandon1.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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view of church exterior - west porch and portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ligniac Tourisme, 2017
Image Source: in Ligniac Tourisme [www.liginiac.fr/Tourisme/images/serandon/images/serandon3.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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view of church exterior - west portal - door - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Les battants de la porte ont conservé leurs pentures en fer forgé du XIIe siècle."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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view of font

Scene Description: of irregular shape and crude workmanship, which may account for the ancient look, though in fact it could be of later date
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Maryanick Gaultier, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 April 2013 by Maryanick Gaultier, in Communes.com [www.communes.com/images/thumbs/limousin/correze/serandon_19160/730x328/serandon_183937.jpg] [accessed 6 March 2017]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21075SER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Radegonde
Church Patron Saints: St. Radegund [aka Radegunda, Radegunde]
Church Location: 19160 Sérandon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of the D20E1 and the D168, SW of Bort-les-Orgues, N of Mauriac, NE of Tulle and of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Gorges de la Haute Dordogne, Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century / 15th century, Romanesque? / Late Gothic?
Church Notes: listed and illustrated in Sérandon [ref.: PA00099896]: "Eglise du 12e siècle à nef unique, subdivisée en trois nefs au 15e siècle et voûtée à cette époque."
Font Notes:
The present font in this church is an octagonal tub with rounded tapering side, all plain; it is of irregular shape and crude workmanship, which may account for the ancient look, though in fact it could be of later date. No font cover present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 448113 5023190

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining