Coulonges nr. Saint-Amant

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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 - northwest view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 Apri 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of church exterior - west façade

Scene Description: the disused font is discernible by the left [north] side of the west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 August 2008 by rosier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coulonges1.1.JPG] [accessed 9 December 2017]

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view of church exterior - west portal

Scene Description: the old disused font partially visible in the lower left corner of the image

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 May 2016 by Jack ma [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coulonges_eg3.JPG] [accessed 9 December 2017]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 21564COU

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Country Name: France

Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located off the D360, 5 km NW of Saint-Amant, 9 km S of Aigre, 25 km N of Angoulême

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême

Historical Region: Angoumois

Font Location in Church: Outside the church, on the N side of the W portal

Century and Period: , Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: 12thC church of the former 'commanderie des Templiers' of Coulonges

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Michel Claveyras writes: "A l'extérieur de l'église, à côté du portail, se trouve une cuve octogonale qui constituait très vraisemblablement les fonts baptismaux. Les angles et le sommet sont adoucis en tore. Il n'y a aucun autre décor." The now disused font is octagonal with vertical sides; it shows considerable damage to the upper rim, the most common damage to old fonts, damage probably caused by an anchoring for an old cover. The object, which is used outside the church as a decorative planter, on the north side of the west portal, is very weathered, covered in moss and lichens.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.8297, 0.1182

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 49′ 59″ N, 0° 5′ 27″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal