Saint-Michel-de-Rouviac in Nant

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design element - architectural - arch or window - round

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Image Source: digital image of a 1963 Négatif noir et blanc ; Gélatino-bromure [MH0193786] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0193786] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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design element - motifs - foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a 1963 Négatif noir et blanc ; Gélatino-bromure [MH0193786] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0193786] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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design element - motifs - foliage

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Image Source: digital image of a 1963 Négatif noir et blanc ; Gélatino-bromure [MH0193786] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0193786] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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design element - patterns - interlace - ring-knot - reticular

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Image Source: digital image of a 1963 Négatif noir et blanc ; Gélatino-bromure [MH0193786] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0193786] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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symbol - cross - Latin

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Image Source: digital image of a 1963 Négatif noir et blanc ; Gélatino-bromure [MH0193786] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0193786] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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view of basin

Scene Description: captions as 'Fonts baptismaux" in the source

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Image Source: digital photograph by Norbert Breton in Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_9_25_nant_saint_michel_rouviac.html] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise de Saint-Michel-de-Rouviac [...] Façade Sud, vue générale [...] 12e siècle ; 15e siècle"

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Image Source: digital photograph [80L019589] 2012 by Franck Genestoux, in Mémoire [ref.: Mémoire] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L019589] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "vue générale de la nef"

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Image Source: digital photograph [80L019591] 2012 by Franck Genestoux, in Mémoire [ref.: Mémoire] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L019591] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "vue générale de la nef" -- the stoup is partially visible by the south entranceway, in the bottom-left corner of the image

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Image Source: digital photograph [80L019596] 2012 by Franck Genestoux, in Mémoire [ref.: Mémoire] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L019596] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Deux chapiteaux déposés servant de support à un bénitier en pierre [...] 12e"

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Image Source: digital image of a 1963 Négatif noir et blanc ; Gélatino-bromure [MH0193786] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0193786] [accessed 10 September 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24294NAN
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Michel de Rouviac
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: D999, 12230 Nant, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aveyron, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D999, in the municipality and about 2 km SE of Nant, 60-70 km NW of Montpellier
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the S entranceway
Century and Period: 12th century [composite font], Medieval / composite
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 12thC church; re-built/modified 15thC; modified 17thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA12000042]: "La première mention de l'église remonte à 1135, dans une bulle érigeant le prieuré en abbaye bénédictine. Après avoir été mise à mal par les Routiers, l'église est reprise au 15e siècle dans ses parties hautes. Elle est constituée d'une nef de trois travées. Le chevet, polygonal à l'origine, devient plat au 15e siècle. A l'intérieur, la voûte a été refaite en tuf à la même époque. Elle est faite d'ogives dans le choeur, au-dessus d'un dispositif d'arcatures romanes. Le clocher-tour d'origine devait être bâti sur l'arc triomphal, mais a été remplacé au 17e siècle par une tourelle. L'édifice appartient, par son plan et la sculpture de ses chapiteaux, au groupe des églises romanes de la Dourbie [...] 12e siècle ; 15e siècle"
Holy-water stoup of a composite nature noted and illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: APMH0193786]: "Deux chapiteaux déposés servant de support à un bénitier en pierre [...] Siècle de l'œuvre 12e". The basin is bucket-shaped and dcorated with round windows/arches in one of which is a Latin cross; the inverted capitals that form the base are decorated with several patterns that include interlace, foliage, etc.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.011, 3.3221
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 0′ 39.6″ N, 3° 19′ 19.56″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round