Chailly-en-Gatinais / Cali / Calliacus / Calliaco / Chaillis / Chailly-en-Gâtinais
Results: 5 records
design element - architectural - column
design element - motifs - cartouche
design element - motifs - moulding
human figure - face, head or mask? - foliated
view of church exterior in context - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Air Gatinais, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph in Air Gatianis [http://air.gatinais.free.fr/photos/galleries/gatinais/chailly/chailly_en_gatinais_eglise.jpg] [accessed 11 June 2016]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
INFORMATION
FontID: 03080CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aignan
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, 45260 Chailly-en-Gâtinais, France
Country Name: France
Location: Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located 20 km SW of Montargis, 55 km from Orléans, 80 km W of Auxerre
Historical Region: Le Gâtinais pauvre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Renaissance
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted and illustrated in Michel (1897): "Dans la première travée du côté gauche de la nef se trouvent les fonts baptismaux. La cuve en pierre, de forme ovale, à ressauts, porte des cartouches et des masques humains qui se terminent en feuillages. Le pied, monté sur un socle richement mouluré, est décoré de panneaux séparés par d'élégants pilastres." Listed by Enlart as a Renaissance octagonal font (Enlart, 1902). Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM45000123] as a stone font of the 16th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 465921 5310688
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
Michel, Edmond, Monuments religeux, civils et militaires du Gâtinais [...] depuis le XIe jusqu'au XVII siècle, Paris: Libraririe A. Drouin, 1889