Toy-Viam No. 2 / Al Toire / Altoire / Au Toire / Autoire / Le Thoyr / Toit / Touet / Toy

INFORMATION

FontID: 21182TOY
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Church Location: 19170 Toy-Viam, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D160, between Tarnac (NNE) and Viam (SSW)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, against the N wall
Church Notes: church built ca. 1060 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00029844]: "Eglise prieurale attestée dès le 11e siècle ; reconstruite 2e moitié 14e siècle ; fut en l'archiprêtre de la Porcherie du 14e au 18e siècle ; église paroissiale en 1686, elle ne le redevint qu'en 1845 ; voûtes effondrées à date inconnue"
Holy-water stoup of undecided date ["Datation antérieure au 19e siècle"] listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM19000848]. It is a monolithic block with a rectangular top, both inside and out, tapering towards the bottom; totally plain. [NB: the church of St. Martin in Viam has its own entry under Viam in BSI]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 416867 5055626

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Total Height: 57 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 57 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 39 x 46 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM19000848]