Saint-Merd-les-Oussines No. 2 / Saint Merd les Aussines en Bas-Limousin / Sancti Medardi de Chabanes / Sent merd
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1977 by Alain Chambaretaud, in Mémoire [NUMI 77190293X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1386/ivr74_77190293x_p.jpg] [accessed 1 April 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 21143MER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Médard et Sainte-Catherine
Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus] & St. Catherine [ala Katherine]
Church Location: 19170 Saint-Merd-les-Oussines, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D78-D109-D164 crossroads, W of Chavanac and Millevaches, NW of Ussel, NE of Tulle and Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: plateau de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side of transept
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup of the 17th century made of pink granite, located in the transept, north side, listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000785]; it is quadrangular, with chamfered angles, tapering towards the bottom. There is a second holy-water stoup in this church, also of pink granite, listed as 18th-century in Palissy [ref.: IM19000784].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 425238 5053753
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (pink)
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Font Height (less Plinth): 68 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 77 x 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000785]