Saint-Merd-les-Oussines No. 3 / Saint Merd les Aussines en Bas-Limousin / Sancti Medardi de Chabanes / Sent merd
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human figure - standing - atlante
Scene Description: several, very schematic
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21144MER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [base only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Médard et Sainte-Catherine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side of transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Medard [aka Medardus] & St. Catherine [ala Katherine]
Church Address: 19170 Saint-Merd-les-Oussines, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: composite stoup? (a 18thC basin raised on a former 12thC capital)
Font Notes:
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Composite holy-water stoup made up of a round and plain 18th-century basin raised on a fromer Romanesque capital decorated with very Atlante-like standing figures. The 18th-century basin is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM19000784]; the capital is listed separately also, Palissy [ref.: IM19000781]: "Peut être un ancien chapiteau roman [granite] utilisé comme socle pour bénitier".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 425238 5053753
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 66 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 42 cm**
Square Base Dimensions: 60 x 60 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000784] / ** Palissy [ref.: IM19000781]