Saint-Jean-de-Cole No. 1 / Saint-Jean-de-Côle / Sent Joan de Còla
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Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 8 July 2022)
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view of font and cover
view of basin - interior
design element - patterns - gadrooned
view of church exterior - southeast view
view of font and cover in context
view of font and cover in context
view of church interior - looking east
design element - motifs - flat moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24095COL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 17th century[composite?], late Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-de-Côle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: documented ca. 1081; the priory church became parochial in 1801; restored 1906-1968, in 2002 and 2012 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00082846]: "Ancienne église priorale dont seul le choeur et le transept sont d'origine (coupole disparue). Chapiteaux historiés [...] 12e siècle"
Church Address: 2 Cour du Clocher, 24800 Saint-Jean-de-Côle, France
Site Location: Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road D707, on the S bank of the river, 9-10 km W of Thiviers, about 30 km NNE of Périgueux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Périgueux
Historical Region: Aquitanie
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of late date, possibly a composite of a 15th-century basin on a 16th-17th century base. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 330871 5032060
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.4216, 0.838194
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 25′ 17.76″ N, 0° 50′ 17.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Apparatus: no
Notes: low-dome shape with tiny cross finial