Marsac nr. Vars / Marchiaco / Marciaco
Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
design element - motifs - piping
Scene Description: at the angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
design element - motifs - circle
Scene Description: two and a half rows on the front side here, and indication of the fragmentary nature of this fonrt -- notice the metal staples -one on the left side, two on the right- that were used to anchor an old font cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jack ma, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 May 2013 by Jack ma [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marsac_eg2.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2017]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Rosier, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph by rosier uploaded 6 August 2008 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marsac4.JPG] [accessed 15 December 2017]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 April 2014 by Michel Claveyrolas
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
information
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)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21573MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Gervase & St. Protase [aka Gervasius and Protasius, Gervasis and Prothasis]
Church Notes: 12thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104413]: "Eglise de la seconde moitié du 12e siècle".
Church Address: 16570 Marsac, France
Site Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D115, 4 km W of Vars, 14 km NW of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Angoumois
Font Notes:
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Michel Claveyrolas writes: "Fonts baptismaux. De petites dimensions et de plan rectangulaire, la cuve a des angles amortis en baguettes et des faces ornées de cercles." The font, which appears monolithic, consists of two volumes, both quadrangular; the lower one appears rough, devoid of decoration; the upper one, the basin, has decoratived piping at the angles; one (?) of the faces has three rows of incised circles, the upper one cut in half; there are three metal staples set at opposite ends of the upper rim (2-1), which must be the remaining anchors of an earlier font cover. The shape and finishing of the font suggests it may have been re-cycled from another use.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 272739 5069434
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.7411, 0.0786
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 44′ 27.96″ N, 0° 4′ 42.96″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: quadrangular
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular