Brommes / Bromme à Mur-de-Barrez

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église de Brommes, Mur-de-Barrez, Aveyron, France."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Père Igor, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 22 June 2016 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mur-de-Barrez_Brommes_église.jpg] [accessed 11 September 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: the font is partially visible in the far-right [northwest] corner of the nave; next to it, to the left, is an old sarcophage leaning against the west wall
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2020 [Photographie numérique native 80l062503] by Franck Genestoux in Mémoire [ref.: AP80L062503] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L062503] [accessed 11 September 2022]
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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Bromme [...] Cuve baptismale [...] Taille de pierre"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2020 [Photographie numérique native 80l062500] by Franck Genestoux in Mémoire [ref.: AP80L062500] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L062500] [accessed 11 September 2022]
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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2020 [Photographie numérique native 80l062500] by Franck Genestoux in Mémoire [ref.: AP80L062500] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L062500] [accessed 11 September 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24297BRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin-de-Bromme à Mur-de-Barrez
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: la Bromme, 12600 Mur-de-Barrez, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aveyron, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D79, in the municipality and 6 km N of Mur-de-Barrez, about 25 km ESE of Aurillac
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rodez et Vabres
Historical Region: Midi-Pyrénées
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094078]: "12e siècle"
Font Notes:
Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP80L062500] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP80L062500] [accessed 11 September 2022]. Cylindrical basin with underbowl chamfer; basin upper rim shows evidence damage and/or erosion; no stem; there is also a large diagonal crack across the basin; the basin rests directly on a wider circular plinth-like stone; all plain. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.883871, 2.671952
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 53′ 1.94″ N, 2° 40′ 19.03″ E
UTM: 31T 474093 4970102

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round