Chavenat / Cavanaco / Cavaniaco / Chavanaco / Chavenac
Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: Text by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Text and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rosier, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 September 2008 by rosier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chavenat6.JPG] [accessed 8 December 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2010 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 March 2010 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
INFORMATION
FontID: 21561CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Cybard de Chavenat
Church Location: 16320 Chavenat, France
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D439, 7 km N of Montmoreau, 24 km S of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Angoumois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Notes: church here documented 973, 110, 1182, etc., listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA16000004]: "Eglise mentionnée dès le 10e siècle (973), construite à la fin du 11e siècle (choeur) et au 12e siècle (façade). Les murs latéraux de la nef et ceux de l'abside remontent peut-être au 11e siècle [...] Lors de travaux exécutés entre 1990 et 1993 (dont l'installation de vitraux contemporains), des peintures murales médiévales ont été mises au jour."
The report of the committee of the ISMH which advised favourably for this church to be listed in its inventory [November 1995?] [http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/merimee/PROT/PA16000004_DOC.pdf] [accessed 8 December 2017] reads in part: "Il convient de signaler deux fonts baptismaux romans, l'un entier et l'autre réduit dans sa hauteur; ce sont des cuves rectangulaires aux angles abattus". Michel Claveyrolas notes: "On peut voir deux fonts baptismaux à l'entrée. Celui du nord est carré avec deux angles abattus sur le devant. Il est orné de croix de Malte inscrites dans des cercles et gravées sur les faces visibles. Il semble que la cuve ait été plus haute à l'origine et qu'on l'ait diminuée." [NB: can Michel clarify why only the altered font is seen in his images? -- contacted MC 19 Dec 2017: he will try to get photos of the other in 2018]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.4522,
0.1966
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 27′ 21″ N,
0° 10′ 9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: no lining
