Mezieres-sur-Issoire No. 1 / Masères / Mézières-sur-Issoire
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Mary Magdalene church in Mézières-sur-Issoire, Haute-Vienne, France"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Krzysztof Golik, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 12 March 2021 by Krzysztof Golik [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Magdalene_church_in_Mezieres_(5).jpg] [accessed 20 July 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
view of stoup in context
Scene Description: "bénitier en granite en forme de chapiteau roman sculpté de palmettes"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © meconnu.fr, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] in [https://haute-vienne.meconnu.fr/l-eglise-sainte-marie-madeleine-de] [accessed 20 July 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 24126MEZ
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entranceway
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene
Church Notes: 12thC(?) church with later modifications
Church Address: 2 Av. de Seltz, 87330 Val-d'Issoire, France -- Tel.: +33 5 55 68 31 82
Site Location: Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of local roads D4 and D951, W of Bellac, about 50 km NW of Limoges
Historical Region: Limousin
Additional Comments: re-cycled capital? (NB: the villages of Bussière-Boffy and Mézières-sur-Issoire were merged in 2016)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in meconnu.fr [https://haute-vienne.meconnu.fr/l-eglise-sainte-marie-madeleine-de] [accessed 20 July 2022] notes: "à l’entrée un bénitier en granite en forme de chapiteau roman sculpté de palmettes". [NB: the slender octagonal pedestal base may be a later addition]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 338309 5108166
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.10792, 0.90775
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 6′ 28.51″ N, 0° 54′ 27.9″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square