Saint-Mexant / Mexant / Sent Maissenç
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "L’église, romane à l’origine, a été très remaniée au XVIIe siècle. Alors fut élevé un clocher carré sur la façade à contreforts plats. Le chœur, qui portait le clocher primitif, est, lui aussi, surmonté d’un clocheton pointu"
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 1 April 2017]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Petit Patrimoine, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph in Petit Patrimoine [www.petit-patrimoine.com/fiche-petit-patrimoine.php?id_pp=19227_1] [accessed 1 April 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the two capitals of the chancel arch visible in this image are decorated with foliage
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 1 April 2017]
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view of church interior - chancel - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Le chœur [...] conserve ses demi-colonnes, surmontées d’intéressants chapiteaux. Certains sont ornés de feuillages, d’autres d’étranges figures : la « femme aux serpents », probable allégorie de la luxure, et une sirène dotée d’ une double queue, pour les besoins évidents de la symétrie.
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 1 April 2017]
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view of church interior - chancel - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Le chœur [...] conserve ses demi-colonnes, surmontées d’intéressants chapiteaux. Certains sont ornés de feuillages, d’autres d’étranges figures : la « femme aux serpents », probable allégorie de la luxure, et une sirène dotée d’ une double queue, pour les besoins évidents de la symétrie.
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 1 April 2017]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21146MEX
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maxent
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maixant [aka Maixent]
Church Notes: Romanesque original church much modified in the 17thC
Church Address: 17 Rue de l'Église, 19330 Saint-Mexant, France
Site Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D130, N of the D44, NE of Saint-Germain-les-Vergnes, NW of Favars, 10 km WNW of Tulle, 20 km S of Brive-la-Gaillarde
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the original Romanesque church here].