Sainte-Colombe nr. Mansle / Sancta Columba

Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)
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information
view of church exterior - northeast view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of font and cover
INFORMATION
FontID: 21580COL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Colombe de Sainte-Colombe
Church Patron Saints: St. Columba of Sens
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 16230 Sainte-Colombe, France
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D6 and the D91-D364 crossroads, 3 km SE of Saint-Agneau, 12 km SE of Mansle, 12 km NW of La Rochefoucauld, 24 km NE of Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême
Historical Region: Pays Manslois, Angoumois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Michel Claveyrolas for his photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: late-12thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104496]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Michel Claveyrolas writes: "Les fonts baptismaux sont identifiés comme romans par Jean George et Alexis Guérin-Boutaud. Il s'agit d'un monolithe en forme de demi-barrique. Deux échancrures diamétralement opposées sur la margelle servaient à maintenir l'axe d'un couvercle divisé en deux parties." Monolithic baptismal font, a tall bucket-shaped basin resting directly on the ground; totally plain; there is large notch at the upper rim, probably related to the anchoring of an old cover; the present cover, round, flat and plain appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.8333,
0.318908
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 49′ 59.88″ N,
0° 19′ 8.07″ E
UTM: 31T 291776 5079022
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern