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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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)
design element - motifs - piping
information
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - west portal
INFORMATION
FontID: 21573MAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
Church Patron Saints: St. Gervase & St. Protase [aka Gervasius and Protasius, Gervasis and Prothasis]
Church Location: 16570 Marsac, France
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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
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 listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104413]: "Eglise de la seconde moitié du 12e siècle".
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.7411,
0.0786
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 44′ 27.96″ N,
0° 4′ 42.96″ E
UTM: 31T 272739 5069434
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: quadrangular
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular